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The 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.

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This 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

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Michael Chabon is the New York Times bestselling author of numerous books, collections of short stories and essays, and a young-adult novel. Titles include Wonder Boys, which was made into a critically acclaimed film; The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, which won numerous awards, including the Pulitzer Prize; and The Yiddish Policemen's Union, among others. Michael York is a successful screen and stage actor. Among his screen credits are Romeo and Juliet, Cabaret, The Three Musketeers, Logan's Run, and Austin Powers. Stage appearances include Britain's National Theatre and Broadway. His television work has garnered Emmy nominations and his audio recordings Grammy nominations, as well as five AudioFile Earphones Awards. He has been awarded Britain's OBE, France's Arts et Lettres, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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