{"product_id":"the-yiddish-policemens-union-michael-chabon-9780007149834","title":"The Yiddish Policemen's Union","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e bestseller, now available in paperback--\u003c\/strong\u003e\"\u003cstrong\u003ean excellent, hyperliterate, genre-pantsing detective novel that deserves every inch of its...blockbuster superfame\" (New York).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor sixty years Jewish refugees and their descendants have prospered in the Federal District of Sitka, a \"temporary\" safe haven created in the wake of the Holocaust and the shocking 1948 collapse of the fledgling state of Israel. The Jews of the Sitka District have created their own little world in the Alaskan panhandle, a vibrant and complex frontier city that moves to the music of Yiddish. But now the District is set to revert to Alaskan control, and their dream is coming to an end.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHomicide detective Meyer Landsman of the District Police has enough problems without worrying about the upcoming Reversion. His life is a shambles, his marriage a wreck, his career a disaster. And in the cheap hotel where Landsman has washed up, someone has just committed a murder--right under his nose. When he begins to investigate the killing of his neighbor, a former chess prodigy, word comes down from on high that the case is to be dropped immediately, and Landsman finds himself contending with all the powerful forces of faith, obsession, evil, and salvation that are his heritage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt once a gripping whodunit, a love story, and an exploration of the mysteries of exile and redemption, \u003cem\u003eThe Yiddish Policemen's Union\u003c\/em\u003e is a novel only Michael Chabon could have written.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Chabon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0007149832\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780007149834\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/29\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 1.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 20\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e125012 \/ Yiddish Policemen's Union\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2008 pg. 52\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCommonweal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/20\/2008 pg. 24","brand":"Michael Chabon","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44055211540735,"sku":"9780007149834","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d168e0c7-d987-47e4-9072-ec08ecbf7c59.jpg?v=1685034428","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-yiddish-policemens-union-michael-chabon-9780007149834","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}