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OverviewThe year is 1944; the war hangs in the balance. In deep retirement in the English countryside, the 90-year old master of detection (never called by name) has not been called on to exercise his superb gifts for some years. His famous reputation has faded, and the locals think he's more interested in his bees than in he is in his fellow man. Into his life steps a nine-year-old Jewish refugee boy, an escapee of the German concentration camps. The boy is mute and otherwise notable for the blue German-speaking parrot which perches on his shoulder wherever he goes. What is the meaning of the strings of German numbers the parrot spews forth? Might it be a code? A diverse and not very respectable set of interested parties is becoming increasingly eager to find out what secret the parrot holds. Then the parrot goes missing, and a body is found. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Michael Chabon , Michael YorkPublisher: HarperCollins Imprint: HarperCollins Edition: Abridged edition ISBN: 9781665032490ISBN 10: 1665032499 Publication Date: 26 January 2021 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Audio Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsThis is literature in mid-transformation, the modernist bleeding into the postmodern and beyond. -- Time magazine Simple and startlingly sad...Chabon has created a minor masterpiece. -- Hartford Courant Deftly composed...a lovingly constructed tribute to a form. -- Chicago Tribune Author InformationMichael Chabon is the bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Moonglow and The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, among many others. He lives in Berkeley, California with his wife, the novelist Ayelet Waldman, and their children. Michael York has been awarded Britain's OBE, France's Arts et Lettres, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. His screen credits include Logan's Run and Austin Powers. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |