THE FINAL SOLUTION: A STORY OF DETECTION

Chabon, Michael

ISBN 10: 006076340X / ISBN 13: 9780060763404

Published by Fourth Estate An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [New York], 2004

About this Item

Octavo, two-part boards. First U.S. edition. A Sherlockian tale. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#175313).

Seller Inventory # 175313

Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE FINAL SOLUTION: A STORY OF DETECTION
• Publisher: Fourth Estate An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [New York]
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 006076340X
• ISBN 13: 9780060763404
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • Mystery & Crime

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Synopsis

Deep in the rural English countryside, an eighty-nine-year-old beekeeper--and one-time famous detective--becomes involved with nine-year-old Linus Steinman, a young refugee from Nazi Germany whose sole companion, an African grey parrot, spews out a mysterious series of German numbers that could hold the key to a dangerous secret. 75,000 first printing.

Review

"Michael Chabon, is, simply, the coolest writer in America."--Christian Science Monitor

"A profound pleasure."--New York magazine

"A haunting novella."--Publishers Weekly

"Brilliant and unswervingly entertaining."--The Forward

"Exuberant...the real mystery is how Chabon managed to fit so much hope and humanity into such a brief tale."--BookPage

"Watching Chabon skillfully zigzag between literary and genre is half the fun of the book...refreshing."--Miami Herald

"Chabon's writing here is elegant and limber...[The Final Solution] is a little mystery story with big ideas."--San Francisco Chronicle (Best Books of 2004)

"One of the best-written American novels published this fall . . . an experiment by a master."--The New York Sun

"Delightful...and deceptively profound...Chabon shows his greatness."--Louisville Courier Journal

"The writing is everything that Chabon's fans expect--gorgeous, muscular, mildly melancholic...wonderfully executed."--Baltimore Sun