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posted by [identity profile] mscongeniality.livejournal.com at 01:00pm on 18/10/2010
Did I miss where you talked about The Yiddish Policeman's Union because I was very interested in hearing what you thought about that one.
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posted by [identity profile] nekare.livejournal.com at 03:14pm on 18/10/2010
I went back through my archives and found the (short-ish) review a href="http://nekare.livejournal.com/415974.html"> - but the short version is that I liked it loads, it was clever and compelling and the characters were flawed, but not one GIANT flaw like the guy in Wonder Boys is. I'm actually re-reading it now, haha.
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posted by [identity profile] nekare.livejournal.com at 03:15pm on 18/10/2010
ah, messy HTML, sorry.
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posted by [identity profile] mscongeniality.livejournal.com at 03:24pm on 18/10/2010
No worries, it looked fine on the email notification I got. ;-)

I asked because I always wonder how non-Jews perceive the book. When I read it I felt like there was a lot of nuance that would be lost if you weren't familiar with Jewish thinking and Jewish community norms.
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posted by [identity profile] nekare.livejournal.com at 08:29pm on 18/10/2010
I always find the Judaism in his books really interesting, and he makes it sound quite whimsical, which I'm sure it's not completely (but Catholicism can also sound really esoteric and stuff, and then actual thing - eh, isn't), but I like it. I'm sure a lot goes over my head, because I've never really hung out with someone Jewish in RL, just online.

I really do love the way he writes, though. He has a way to make you feel for the characters, Wonder Boys excluding, lol.
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