Rachel's review
The Final Solution: A Story of Detection (P.S.)
by Michael Chabon
Rachel's review
The Final Solution: A Story of Detection (P.S.) by Michael Chabon
Rachel's review
rating:
Michael Chabon is slowly edging onto my list of favorite authors. The first that I read of his was The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay...one that I would recommend to everybody. It's a fantastic book...beautifully written and just an incredible story. This book has the same writing style...such that as you read (or listen in my case), you may not be drawn to the story itself, but you'll be drawn to his writing...sentences or phrases that just leap out of the page.
The Final Solution is a story about the retired Sherlock Holmes...though Chabon never mentions him by name, only as the 'old man'. After retirement Holmes moved from London to Sussex, where he spent his days keeping bees. The story takes place during WWII, when Holmes is 89 and intent on bee-keeping only—until a mysterious boy wanders into town. The boy is remarkable for two reasons: he's clearly intelligent but is mute, and he keeps a parrot that mouths, among other utterances, numbers in German. When the parrot...more
The Final Solution is a story about the retired Sherlock Holmes...though Chabon never mentions him by name, only as the 'old man'. After retirement Holmes moved from London to Sussex, where he spent his days keeping bees. The story takes place during WWII, when Holmes is 89 and intent on bee-keeping only—until a mysterious boy wanders into town. The boy is remarkable for two reasons: he's clearly intelligent but is mute, and he keeps a parrot that mouths, among other utterances, numbers in German. When the parrot...more
