Possibly Chabon's most coherent book, no straying from the plot on weird asides this time around. The main characters are fleshed out nicely and are an interesting bunch you enjoy spending time with.

Another plus is that, unless I'm completely misreading Chabon's message here, he shares my exasperation with Israel's behavior. Throwing around phrases like "laying down some facts on the ground" seems pretty clear-cut to me. I like his conclusion that home is wherever you happen to be living in, and that one should give up yearning for some mystical land of your ancestors.