5.18.2009

Book #13 The Yiddish Policemen's Union By Michael Chabon

The Yiddish Policemen's Union: A Novel
By Michael Chabon
Published by Harpercollins, 2007
ISBN 0007149824, 9780007149827

432 pages

I won't lie, it took me about a hundred or so pages to realize that this detective story was set in an alternate history timeline. Guess I slept through a few too many history classes.

In film I love Noir, but not so much in books. However this is also a love story wrapped in a whodunit. The peppering of Yiddish words throughout the story adds an extra little level to the storytelling. For example, cops call a gun a sholem, which means "peace," in Yiddish. I liked the book.

Two out of Four Stars.


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