The Yiddish Policeman’s Union
May 24th, 2004Some careless and utterly bored Web surfing has led me to discover that, somewhere in the past few months, Michael Chabon has changed the working title of his forthcoming novel from Hotzeplotz to The Yiddish Policeman’s Union. (An upgrade, IMHO.)
Check out The Amazing Website of Kavalier & Clay, if you can’t get enough of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize winner in fiction.
In other Chabon news, the first volume of Michael Chabon Presents: The Amazing Adventures of the Escapist, a comic anthology that came out in February, has just been re-released as a trade paperback. It’s a good looking book, though the price is a bit hefty. I own both the comic and book editions because I’ve realized that I have a very good collection of Chabon’s writings, derivative writings, and influences. I appear to be a Michael Chabon fanboy.
(Which is the main reason I want to see Spider-Man 2 this summer, since he has a story credit.)
May 24th, 2004 at 6:35 pm
Did you read Summerland? I bought it, but I didn’t get past the first few pages, I think baseball was involved :)
May 24th, 2004 at 7:24 pm
Loved it.
May 25th, 2004 at 12:52 am
It is on my shelf of books to be attempted again :)
May 25th, 2004 at 10:23 am
Kavalier & Clay is one of those I keep meaning to get around to. Do you have this?
May 25th, 2004 at 10:56 am
Do you want to borrow the hardcover or the paperback edition? :)
May 26th, 2004 at 8:06 am
LOL. I’m probably safer with the paperback. I’m guessing (hoping) one of these copies was a gift, or are you just a completist? ;)
May 26th, 2004 at 11:11 am
I’m just an idiot.
Luckily for you, the hardcover is back in Alabama and the paperback is ready for you whenever you want right here in the ATL.