By Michael Chabon
This book was good but could have been better. It had
two great things going for it - Michael Chabon's crisp and illustrative
writing style, and Sherlock Holmes. Oh sure, they never day he's Holmes,
but he is, an 89-year-old Holmes long retired. He's tempted into one
last mystery when he sees a mute German
boy and his parrot, lost in Britain in the middle of World War II.
Holmes's scenes were the
best. But I didn't get a good feel for any of the other characters, nor
was the mystery or plot very compelling. Still, it's a short, fun, cheap
book to try out, especially if you want an introduction to the excellent
Chabon.
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