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The Final Solution - Chabon
Audio performance by Michael York
4 stars

I haven’t had much luck with the selections from the Audible Plus Catalog ( audiobooks that are ‘free’ to Audible subscribers). Generally, the catalog is full of less desirable titles by less popular voice actors. This novella was a rare exception. It would be hard to improve on Michael York. Also, I’ve been meaning to read Michael Chabon, anything by Chabon, for a very long time.

Here’s the writing prompt. Write a WW2/halocaust story. Include a geriatric Sherlock Holmes and a parrot. It stretches the imagination. This was a very clever story. The double entendre of the title creates a deeper context for a typical English village mystery. The 90 year old Holmes is uninterested in a recent murder, but he will turn his attention to the missing parrot; the German speaking parrot that belongs to the 9 year old, mute, Jewish refugee. So, there was at least one final solution left in the old man. (With some help from the parrot. I loved the section that was told from the parrot’s perspective.)