The Yiddish Policemen’s Union - Hardcover

'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 joy. Michael 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