Union Now!...or maybe later.
Busy, busy...The brothers Coen develop Michael Chabon's The Yiddish Policemen's Union as their next project after Burn after Reading and A Serious Man. "Chabon sets up a contemporary scenario where Jewish settlers are about to be displaced by U.S. government's plans to turn the frozen locale of Sitka, Alaska, over to Alaskan natives. Against this backdrop is a noir-style murder mystery in which a rogue cop investigates the killing of a heroin-addicted chess prodigy who might be the messiah." Now that sounds like Coen territory.
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Did you read it? I did, and agree that it would make excellent Coen fodder.
I haven't, although on the basis of this news I've added it to the (considerably backed-up) queue.
I can mail you my copy (hardcover) if you want.
Thanks for the offer! Unfortunately, it'll disappear into the book-eating vortex that is my apartment in full dissertation mode. I just can't guarantee its safety.
Besides, I've got a few Xmas gift-cards that need some use, and that (and THE MYSTERIES OF PITTSBURGH) are the only two I need left for the Chabon corner of the shelf. :)
OK! I have Mysteries of Pittsburgh, too :)
Ugh...dissertation. I'm not at that stage yet, but I am definitely not looking forward to it.