A review by marissalikestoread
The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon

3.0

This noirish mystery takes place in the fictitious Jewish settlement of Sitka, Alaska. It is an imagined world whose history includes an Arab takeover of Israel in 1948, the atomic bombing of Berlin, and a first lady known as Marilyn Monroe-Kennedy. This book has interesting ideas, fast chase scenes, and a likeable--though flawed--protagonist. But I found it a bit too long.