clean and tight and square, very light stain along the bottom pages edge, edges are lightly rubbed from shelf wear, "Signed First Edition" sticker on the front DJ cover, author signature on the title page, text is clean and unmarked; DJ in protective mylar, no tears or creases, corners lightly rubbed. Seller Inventory # 307894

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Title: Final Solution: A Story of Detection

Publisher: Fourth Estate / HarperCollins, New York, NY, USA

Publication Date: 2004

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: First Edition Stated

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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.

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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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