内容简介
ThebrilliantlyoriginalnewnovelfromMichaelChabon,authorof‘TheAdventuresofKavalier&Clay’and‘TheFinalSolution’.Whatif,asFranklinRooseveltonceproposed,Alaska–andnotIsrael–hadbecomethehomelandfortheJewsafterWorldWarII?InMichaelChabon'sYiddish-speaking'Alyeska',Orthodoxgangsinside-curlsandkneebreechesroamthestreetsofSitka,whereDetectiveMeyerLandsmandiscoversthecorpseofaheroin-addledchessprodigyintheflophouseMeyercallshome.MarionettestringsstretchbacktothehandsofcharismaticRebbeGold,leaderofasectthatseemstohavedrawnitsmissionstatementfromtheCosaNostra–butbehindRebbeloomsanevenlargershadow.DespitesensibleprotestsfromBerko,hishalf-Tlingit,half-Jewishpartner,Meyerisdeterminedtounsnarlthemeaningbehindthemurder.EvenifthatmeanssurrenderinghisbadgeandhisdignitytothechiefofSitka'shomicideunit–alsoknownashisfearsomeex-wife,Bina.‘TheYiddishPolicemen'sUnion’interweavesahomagetothestylishmenaceof1940sfilmnoirwithabittersweetfableofidentity,homeandfaith.Itisanovelofcolossalambitionandheartfromoneofthemostimportantandbelovedwritersworkingtoday.
作者简介
MichaelChabonistheauthoroftwocollectionsofstoriesforadults,'AModelWorld'and'WerewolvesintheirYouth';achildren'sbook,'Summerland';thenovels'TheMysteriesofPittsburgh','WonderBoys'(whichhasbeenmadeintoafilm)and'TheAmazingAdventuresofKavalier&Clay'(winnerofthePulitzerPrize);andtheshortstory'TheFinalSolution'.Heco-wrotethescreenplayforSpiderman2.HisshortstorieshaveappearedinTheNewYorker,GQ,EsquireandPlayboy.HelivesinLosAngeleswithhiswifeandtheirfourchildren.