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.
General
Imprint: |
HarperPerennial
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
November 2005 |
First published: |
November 2005 |
Authors: |
Michael Chabon
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Dimensions: |
199 x 145 x 10mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
160 |
Edition: |
1st Harper Perennial ed |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-06-077710-4 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Crime & mystery >
Historical mysteries
|
LSN: |
0-06-077710-9 |
Barcode: |
9780060777104 |
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