The Yiddish Policemens Union by Michael Chabon
The brilliantly original new novel from Michael Chabon, author of the Pulitzer prize-winning `The Adventures of Kavalier and Clay'This is a master storyteller at work, a stylish noir-esque murder mystery interwoven with pathos, wit, and the grasp of descriptive metaphor that make one swallow hard to keep from shouting with joyMichael Chabon illuminates and invites discussion while his meticulous plotting and scintillating characters create an alternate world that compels belief…confirms Chabon's status as one of the truly great living American writers.' Waterstones Books Quarterly
`His almost ecstatically smart and sassy new novel…Chabon is a spectacular writer…Chabon is a language magician, turning everything into something else just for the delight of playing tricks with words…Chabon's ornate prose makes (Raymond) Chandler's fruity observations of the world look quite plain…He writes like a dream and has you laughing out loud, applauding the fun he has with language and the way he takes the task of a writer and runs delighted rings around it.’ Guardian
`Michael Chabon’s brilliant new novel starts with a bang…It hums with humour. It buzzes with gags…Superb images also team in this long novel: the accumulated reading experience is one of admiration, close to awe, at the vigour of Chabon’s imagination…a hilarious, antic whirl of a novel.’ Sunday Times
`Chabon is masterly at evoking reality through smells and rises to the challenge of differentiating his “black hat” (Orthodox) characters with precise descriptions of beards.’ Observer
`His talent is undisputable. Chabon’s novels are warm, witty, a little whimsical, always beautifully written. He is that rare and precious beast: a literary writer with crossover appeal and a proper engagement with the demotic…Funny, touching and compelling, the novel transcends the limitations of all its genres – which is pretty much Chabon’s MO…a stunning achievement…If the film’s half as fun as the book, we’d have a hit on our hands. Hell, there’s even a car chase.’ GQ
`It makes film noir look like film blanc by comparison.’ Arena
Michael Chabon is the author of two collections of short stories, `A Model World’ and `Werewolves in their Youth’, the novels `The Mysteries of Pittsburgh’, `Wonder Boys’, `The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay’, `The Yiddish Policemen’s Union’ and `Telegraph Avenue’, and the non-fiction books `Maps and Legends and Manhood for Amateurs’. `Wonder Boys’ has been made into a film starring Michael Douglas and Robert Downey Jr. and `The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay’ won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. His short stories have appeared in the New Yorker, GQ, Esquire and Playboy. He lives in Berkeley, California, with his wife and their four children.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780007150397 |
| ISBN 10 | 0007150393 |
| Title | The Yiddish Policemens Union |
| Author | Michael Chabon |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Year published | 2007-06-04 |
| Number of pages | 432 |
| Prizes | Winner of Hugo Award: Novel Category 2008 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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