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Loading... The Final Solution: A Story of Detectionby Michael Chabon
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. With a new Sherlock Holmes movie out, all the bookstores have lots of Holmes books on display, so I'll be reading a few. This novella by Michael Chabon is OK, but doesn't really feel much like a Holmes story; it could be about anyone. (  ) wanack | Jan 1, 2010 |  It was interesting to see Chabon's take on Sherlock Holmes in his old age, and I think the author captured the atmosphere and requisite drama of a murder mystery well--while still toning it down to fit the aging detective. The characters are all interesting and well-developed in the space they're given, enough so that I grew attached to that young boy and his missing parrot. (  ) krysbrezinski | Dec 25, 2009 | Tightly and glossily written, and pocked with clever pangs of conscience, but feels a bit unintentionally opaque and unfinished; the final gut punch is subtle and nicely savage, but it too is a little neat, and I have trouble understanding the outpour of critical praise. ( ) nohablo | Dec 24, 2009 | This homage to the Arthur Conan Doyle Sherlock Holmes mysteries and his famous character didn’t quite live up to the original, in that the mystery part of the story wasn’t all that clever or surprising. However, the writing was thoroughly engaging, and the character of the elderly Holmes as seen through Chabon’s eyes-past his prime and past his time-is very clever indeed. ( ) sturlington | Sep 15, 2009 | I have a fondness for Michael Chabon based on 'Kavalier and Clay' and 'Wonder Boys', but this is hardly in the same league – it's a slight, quick read, devised mostly as a homage to Sherlock Holmes. Entertaining enough, but reads like a first draft; there was a plot there that it would only have taken a little work to develop fully. One has to wonder at – possibly admire, possibly not – the author's audacity at his choice of title. (  ) phoebesmum | Aug 31, 2009 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0060777109, Paperback)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. (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:08 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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