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Book Description
In deep retirement in the English countryside, an 89-year-old man, vaguely recollected by locals as 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 Continue
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readingmatters published on Mon, 27 Sep 2010
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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
4 Reviews
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Marjolijn said on Feb 28, 2010 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback
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Elsastella said on Mar 12, 2009 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback
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Ficie said on Mar 4, 2009 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback
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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.
krin5292 said on Apr 17, 2008 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback
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- ISBN-10: 1405602201
- ISBN-13: 9781405602204
- Also available as: Paperback, Hardcover, Audio CD and Audio Cassette
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'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)