{"product_id":"9780007150939","title":"The Yiddish Policemen's Union","description":"Author: Chabon, Michael\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780007150939\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: HarperCollins Publishers\u003cbr\u003eYear First Published: 2008\u003cbr\u003ePages: 432\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 198mm x 130mm x 28mm\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription: \u003cbr\u003eThe brilliantly original new novel from Michael Chabon, author of ‘The Adventures of Kavalier \u0026amp; Clay’ and ‘The Final Solution’.\u003cbr\u003e\n What if, as Franklin Roosevelt once proposed, Alaska – and not Israel – had become the homeland for the Jews after World War II? In Michael Chabon's Yiddish-speaking 'Alyeska', Orthodox gangs in side-curls and knee breeches roam the streets of Sitka, where Detective Meyer Landsman discovers the corpse of a heroin-addled chess prodigy in the flophouse Meyer calls home. Marionette strings stretch back to the hands of charismatic Rebbe Gold, leader of a sect that seems to have drawn its mission statement from the Cosa Nostra – but behind Rebbe looms an even larger shadow. Despite sensible protests from Berko, his half-Tlingit, half-Jewish partner, Meyer is determined to unsnarl the meaning behind the murder. Even if that means surrendering his badge and his dignity to the chief of Sitka's homicide unit – also known as his fearsome ex-wife, Bina.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n‘The Yiddish Policemen's Union’ interweaves a homage to the stylish menace of 1940s film noir with a bittersweet fable of identity, home and faith. It is a novel of colossal ambition and heart from one of the most important and beloved writers working today.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42540424429726,"sku":"HPC-9780007150939","price":22.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/products\/9780007150939.jpg?v=1681258356","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780007150939","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}