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Wednesday, December 12, 2007 12:00 AM

Salon Book Awards 2007

From an imaginary history of Alaskan Jews to a compelling glimpse of the CIA, we pick the 10 most pleasurable reading experiences of the year.
By Laura Miller

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  • Tuesday, December 11, 2007 07:47 PM

    Yiddish Policemen's Union correction

    Your blurb about the book asks:

    "What would it mean to be a Jew in a world where the Holocaust never happened and the state of Israel didn't exist?"

    -- but actually, the holocaust did happen in the alternate history of Chabon's book, though many details appear to have been different.

    —Anonymous

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