YIDDISH POLICEMEN’S UNION by Michael Chabon

Hello all!  We had a smaller group at book club tonight, due in large part to holiday festivities and the extended families living in far off distant places like… western Nebraska.  We also had a new person come to join us!  That was exciting.  Welcome Karen!

The book itself appeared to be a hit.  Chuck said that the writing was plain but the story required plain, hardboiled detective speak and the story moved at a brisk enough pace to get himself caught up quite nicely.  Much of the discussion was around the larger history of the Jewish people and what sort of cultural and personal changes occur during periods of displacement and oppression.