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The Yiddish Policemen's Union: A Novel (P.S.)
by Michael Chabon | Literature & Fiction
Registered by amyem of Cambridge, Massachusetts USA on Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Average 7 star rating by BookCrossing Members 

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Journal Entry 1 by amyem from Cambridge, Massachusetts USA on Tuesday, December 13, 2011

7 out of 10

I found this more ambitious than totally successful. I enjoyed the alternate history aspects of it but I felt like it was about 8 different kinds of books wrapped up in one. Suprisingly enough, I found his essay in the The New Yorker (reprinted in the back) about the way he got started on the book, to be extremely enjoyable so I don't think it was about the writing, per se. I just couldn't get engaged with the story and it felt like the characters were just stereotypes and not people. I think I felt the same kind of detachment with The Final Solution, though the ending was very poigant on that one and this just seemed to limp to a finish.  


Journal Entry 2 by amyem at Algiers, 40 Brattle Street, Harvard Sq. in Cambridge, Massachusetts USA on Tuesday, December 13, 2011

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Released 5 mos ago (12/14/2011 UTC) at Algiers, 40 Brattle Street, Harvard Sq. in Cambridge, Massachusetts USA

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Planned for release at December 2011 Boston BookCrossers MeetUp 




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