Tuesday, April 07, 2009
The Yiddish Policemen's Union
by Michael Chabon
This is the first adult fiction I have read in a long time and it actually took me several attempts to understand the first few pages. Maybe I was just out of practice reading Fiction.
Michael Chabon is an excellent writer. I really enjoyed the way he describes a scene. For instance, when he compared two people playing chess to parentheses, I could immediately imagine two men, backs bowed, staring at a chess board contemplating their next move. Brilliant!
I would recommend this book. It felt at times like I was watching Blade Runner or Casablanca but in the end, as with most mysteries, I was left unsatisfied.
This is the first adult fiction I have read in a long time and it actually took me several attempts to understand the first few pages. Maybe I was just out of practice reading Fiction.
Michael Chabon is an excellent writer. I really enjoyed the way he describes a scene. For instance, when he compared two people playing chess to parentheses, I could immediately imagine two men, backs bowed, staring at a chess board contemplating their next move. Brilliant!
I would recommend this book. It felt at times like I was watching Blade Runner or Casablanca but in the end, as with most mysteries, I was left unsatisfied.
