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I have just completed The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon, and have come to a couple of realizations:

• This is pretty much the only book I'll ever need ever again.
• You're all getting it from me for Christmas or whatever other giftgiving opportunity comes up first.
• This is rapidly climbing my list of favorite sentences in the English language:

  "In my experience, Detective Landsman, if I may, the people who worry about losing their edge, often they fail to see they already lost the blade a long time ago."

Seriously, I recommend this book more than I recommend oxygen, sunlight, or the loving caress of others.

GO NOW¹!

EDITED TO ADD, 9:10AM: ( A more thorough examination... )

¹Or wait until I give it to you.