The Yiddish Policemen’s Union<\/i> by Michael Chabon<\/p>\n
The first tip that this was an alternate history fiction was my knowledge of Northern Exposure<\/i>. I was pretty sure, based on the TV Show, that there was no Jewish territory in Alaska. Because Joel Fleischman would have mentioned it.<\/p>\n
I’m pretty embarrassed that that is what tipped me off, but I’m often gullible because I assume there’s a lot of stuff I just don’t know about.<\/p>\n
The second tip was when they offhandedly mentioned dropping an atomic bomb on Berlin.<\/p>\n
Michael Chabon is a great storyteller. This is ostensibly a mystery novel, but the best mystery novels are those where you don’t care about the mystery, you just enjoy the ride. This is one of those books.<\/p>\n
If he ever dove into a topic that lights my fires like cryptography or science or money, Chabon would rank up there with Neal Stephenson. <\/p>\n
But hard-boiled Jewish detectives in a mythical Jewish state in Alaska is pretty okay, too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Yiddish Policemen’s Union by Michael Chabon The first tip that this was an alternate history fiction was my knowledge of Northern Exposure. I was pretty sure, based on the TV Show, that there was no Jewish territory in Alaska. … Continue reading