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The Final Solution

A Story of Detection (P.S.)

By Michael Chabon

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| Paperback | 9780060777104

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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 AfriContinue

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.

Critics

  • 'The Final Solution' by Michael Chabon

    When someone is killed and the parrot is nowhere to be found, a once famous but now elderly police detective comes out of retirement to help track him down. Has the bird been stolen by a money-hungry bird trader? Or an analyst seeking to decipher the ... (read full critics)

    readingmatters published on Mon, 27 Sep 2010

  • Lost in the broken world

    The Final Solution by Michael Chabon 127pp, Fourth Estate, £10 Since winning the Pulitzer prize in 2001 with The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, a magnificent epic novel about the golden age of superhero comics, Michael Chabon has tackled a ... (read full critics)

    guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

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  • The ending was quite clever. The rest, not as much. I proceded slowly through the book, never really curious to know what would be coming next. It probably helps if you are a Sherlock Holmes fan. Which I'm not.
    All in all, not awful, but definitely not a page-tuner, either.

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    Ficie said on Mar 4, 2009 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

  • My thoughts

    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 | Add your feedback

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