{"product_id":"the-yiddish-policemens-union-michael-chabon-9780007150939","title":"The Yiddish Policemen's Union","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe brilliantly original new novel from Michael Chabon, author of 'The Adventures of Kavalier \u0026amp; Clay' and 'The Final Solution'.\n\u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Michael Chabon","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":43176702410995,"sku":"9780007150939","price":22.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/products\/9780007150939.jpg?v=1662088222","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/the-yiddish-policemens-union-michael-chabon-9780007150939","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}