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Latin may be enjoying a Renaissance of sorts, but used without care it can also lead to unintentional hilaritas. Exhibit A, from Michiko Kakutani’s favorite books list at the NYT:
THE YIDDISH POLICEMEN’S UNION by Michael Chabon. A clever, engaging and fully imagined epic cum detective story…