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The Yiddish Policemen's Union

by Michael Chabon

Hugo Award (Best Novel) · 2008 · WinnerNebula Award (Best Novel) · 2007 · Winner
HarperCollinssffISBN 9780007149834

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An alternate history in which Jewish refugees established a settlement in Alaska after World War II, now on the verge of reverting to the US. A hard-boiled detective novel set in this setting involving chess and an assassination plot. Winner of the 2008 Hugo Award for Best Novel.

About the Author

Michael Chabon is an American novelist born in Washington, D.C. in 1963. He won the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 2008 for *The Yiddish Policemen's Union*, an alternate history detective novel set in a Jewish settlement in Alaska. Read more →

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