The Yiddish Policemen's Union：A Novel
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- 出版社 HarperCollins US
- 出版时间 2008年4月
- ISBN 9780007149834
- 定价 141.90
内容简介
ForsixtyyearsJewishrefugeesandtheirdescendantshaveprosperedintheFederalDistrictofSitka,a"temporary"safehavencreatedinthewakeoftheHolocaustandtheshocking1948collapseofthefledglingstateofIsrael.TheJewsoftheSitkaDistricthavecreatedtheirownlittleworldintheAlaskanpanhandle,avibrantandcomplexfrontiercitythatmovestothemusicofYiddish.ButnowtheDistrictissettoreverttoAlaskancontrol,andtheirdreamiscomingtoanend.HomicidedetectiveMeyerLandsmanoftheDistrictPolicehasenoughproblemswithoutworryingabouttheupcomingReversion.Hislifeisashambles,hismarriageawreck,hiscareeradisaster.AndinthecheaphotelwhereLandsmanhaswashedup,someonehasjustcommittedamurder—rightunderhisnose.Whenhebeginstoinvestigatethekillingofhisneighbor,aformerchessprodigy,wordcomesdownfromonhighthatthecaseistobedroppedimmediately,andLandsmanfindshimselfcontendingwithallthepowerfulforcesoffaith,obsession,evil,andsalvationthatarehisheritage.Atonceagrippingwhodunit,alovestory,andanexplorationofthemysteriesofexileandredemption,TheYiddishPolicemen'sUnionisanovelonlyMichaelChaboncouldhavewritten.
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