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Chabon’s “Policemen” Busts Genre Divisions

By Charlie Jane Anders Published February 25, 2008, 1:40 pm ET

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Michael Chabon continues to crush genre boundaries like John Barth on steroids. His alternate-history detective novel The Yiddish Policemen’s Union is the first novel ever to get Best Novel nominations from both the Edgar Awards (for mysteries) and the Nebula Awards (for science fiction). [GalleyCat, via SFAwardsWatch]

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