Originally Posted by BamaMama
Julia,

I noticed your tag is from a book I've been thinking about picking up to read. Do you recommend it?

Kathy

Oh, Kathy, it's really hard to say. I've been trying to think what I'd say about it, to see if I wanted to post it here.

The writer is very clever - in addition to the line I used, he refers (among other things) to woodpeckers rattling dice in the woods - he's definitely creative with language.

The premise is that Israel collapsed in 1948, and a large chunk of the diaspora was given land in Sitka, Alaska. But that land is about to return to the US. The story is written with a lot of Yiddish words and something of a Yiddish rhythm, but is basically a 1940s noir-style detective story. With a big chunk of politics thrown in at the end.

So...it was seriously interesting, but somehow not a pageturner, nu?

Julia
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