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The Yiddish Policemen's Union is a 2007 novel by American author Michael Chabon. The novel is a detective story set in an alternative history version of the present day, based on the premise that during World War II , a temporary settlement for Jewish refugees was established in Sitka, Alaska , in 1941, and that the fledgling State of Israel ...
May 1, 2007 · Michael Chabon. 3.71. 77,329 ratings7,768 reviews. For sixty years, Jewish refugees and their descendants have prospered in the Federal District of Sitka, a "temporary" safe haven created in the wake of revelations of the Holocaust and the shocking 1948 collapse of the fledgling state of Israel.
Apr 29, 2008 · The Yiddish Policemen's Union is a 2007 ‘Noir’ detective story set in an alternative history of post WW2 to present Sitka Alaska. The mystery opens with alcoholic Sitka police department homicide detective, Meyer Landsman, examining the murder of a man in the hotel where Landsman lives.
A noir detective novel by Michael Chabon set in an alternative history where Jews live in Sitka, Alaska. Detective Meyer Landsman investigates a murder involving a possible messiah and a mysterious clinic.
Jan 24, 2012 · The Yiddish Policemen's Union is a 2007 ‘Noir’ detective story set in an alternative history of post WW2 to present Sitka Alaska. The mystery opens with alcoholic Sitka police department homicide detective, Meyer Landsman, examining the murder of a man in the hotel where Landsman lives.
May 1, 2007 · Mr. Chabon’s latest novel, “The Yiddish Policemen’s Union,” builds upon the achievement of “Kavalier & Clay,” creating a completely fictional world that is as persuasively detailed as his...
The Yiddish Policemen's Union. Michael Chabon. Fourth Estate, 2007 - Fiction - 414 pages. The brilliantly original new novel from Michael Chabon, author of the Pulitzer...
