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Title: Good but not great
Review: I read both books on the 2 for 1 and actually liked "When Life Was Egg Creams and Baseball Teams" much better. Its about a Jewish boy growing up in the NY area back in the 60s although the author doesn't tell you in his summary the story is about a Jewish boy. Its light and pretty amusing and good nostalgia. Anyway, regarding the Yiddish Policeman, I'm not a big fan of Chabon's writing but I did find this one of his better books, probably because I grew up with a lot of Yidish speaking relatives and neighbors so I could relate to the characters. It was funny and entertaining but not very believable though not a requirement of fiction genre. I did find this a long read and a bit dragging but if you stick with it it ends up pretty good.
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