In a clear protective Brodart mylar cover. From the Pulitzer Prixe-winning author of 'The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay'. Re-imagining the classic nineteenth century detective novrl, the author tell the story of nine year old Linus Steinman who has escaped from Nazi Germany and his gray parrot who meet an old retired detective in the English countryside who's intrigued by the parrot who spits out a string of mysterioue numbers in German.

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Title

The Final Solution: A Story Of Detection

Publisher

Fourth Estate, New York

Publication Date

2004

Language

English

ISBN 10

006076340X

ISBN 13

9780060763404

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

First American Edition, First Printing.

Condition

As New

Dust Jacket Condition

As New

Book Type

Book

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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.

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"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

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