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    • This was a quiet, contemplative mystery regarding a missing parrot who may know some secret information. While the mystery itself was not that engaging, I did enjoy reading about Sherlock Holmes in his retirement years and how taking care of bees became a solace to him after years of detection.

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  • krin5292 said on Apr 17, 2008 about the Hardcover edition

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Book Description

Retired to the English countryside, an eighty-nine-year-old man, rumored to be a once-famous detective, is more concerned with his beekeeping than with his fellow man. Into his life wanders Linus Steinman, nine years old and mute, who has escaped from Nazi Germany with his sole companion: an African gray parrot.

What is the meaning of the mysterious strings of German numbers the bird spews out -- a top-secret SS code? The keys to a series of Swiss bank accounts? Or do they hold a significance both more prosaic and far more sinister?

Though the solution may be beyond even the reach of the once-famous sleuth, the true story of the boy and his parrot is subtly revealed in a wrenching resolution.

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Paperback 160 Pages
Edition: Reprint
ISBN-10: 0060777109
ISBN-13: 9780060777104
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Pub date: Nov 01, 2005
Dimensions: 20 cm x 15 cm x 1 cm Just how big is that?
Also available as: Hardcover, Audio CD and Audio Cassette
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