A.’s Reviews > The Yiddish Policemen's Union > Status Update
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The prose is great. The plot is...just an excuse to explore Sitka?
— Jun 03, 2020 11:30AM
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Things heading into the endgame. Too much happening at once. Hertz Shemmetz. Bina and Spade.
— Jun 26, 2020 10:00PM
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Turns out my audiobook was faulty and I've been overshooting my actual progress the entire time. Sigh. Unconvincing captivity + escape scene; re-investigation with Tlingit Peril Straits police chief Willie Dick.
— Jun 26, 2020 05:58PM
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The late-game introduction of the ghost of Landsman's sister, Naomi. Not really sure I buy it tbh.
— Jun 25, 2020 06:25PM
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Thrilling, not entirely believable shootout. Hijacking a car ride. Shiva Shpilman, one of Chabon’s best creations as a writer.
— Jun 22, 2020 10:00AM
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The Boundary Maven. It’s not Emmanuel Lasker, it’s Mendel Szpilman, the potential Messiah.
— Jun 06, 2020 06:04AM
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Chabon is now filling in the backstory--how Sitka came to be, Landsman's extended family. A circuitous incorporation of chess into the elements he's juggling.
— May 16, 2020 07:12AM
