Punk's review
The Final Solution: A Story of Detection (P.S.)
by Michael Chabon
Punk's review
The Final Solution: A Story of Detection (P.S.) by Michael Chabon
Punk's review
rating:
Fiction. Sherlock Holmes, old, creaky, and still on the case. It's a short little mystery about a young boy and his parrot, set in WW II England. Chabon called this a pastiche, but around these parts, it's what we'd refer to as fanfiction. Though the text never specifically refers to Holmes by name, Chabon himself does. I'm not sure what the purpose of that was, but it feels a little coy.
I've never read a Sherlock Holmes book, so I'm unable to judge it on that basis, and really the only thing that distinguishes this as Chabon's work are the long rambling sentences filled with parentheticals and ten-dollar words. I'm not even sure the climax answers the plot's question, but when coupled with the book's title, things get eerie, if somewhat vague. Also, be advised, there is a chapter in bird pov.
Two stars. I read this because Chabon wrote it, but an interest in Holmes is probably more in order.
I've never read a Sherlock Holmes book, so I'm unable to judge it on that basis, and really the only thing that distinguishes this as Chabon's work are the long rambling sentences filled with parentheticals and ten-dollar words. I'm not even sure the climax answers the plot's question, but when coupled with the book's title, things get eerie, if somewhat vague. Also, be advised, there is a chapter in bird pov.
Two stars. I read this because Chabon wrote it, but an interest in Holmes is probably more in order.
