The Final Solution
Having read and enjoyed The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time but clearly not having passed my A levels in math, I feel the need to represent the common literate. My vocabulary won’t dazzle and amaze, nor will my words have many syllables, but you can put away your dictionaries when I sign on. With that said, my latest book was Michael Chabon’s The Final Solution.
This is a mystery involving a retired, unnamed Sherlock Holmes, a mute boy, a murder, a missing parrot, and a bunch of people who don’t seem to matter very much. I expected another great tale from this author, and I was disappointed. In the past, I couldn’t put down Chabon’s books until finished. Not only was this one put-downable, it had a simple, predictable ending. The only thing of any interest, and I can’t believe I’m saying this, is the amount of huge, ridiculous, unusable SAT words the author chose to impress his readers. On the plus side, I was curious enough to finish the book, which I won’t do if it’s really bad. Of course, it was only about 75 pages long. Ok. Now DJ Cayenne will proofread.
February 2, 2005 7:11 pm 
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By DJ Cayenne, February 2, 2005 @ 7:57 pm
DJ Cayenne welcomes you, shortbus. Glad to see you joining the fray with your first book post. We look forward to reading your Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell post soon.
This book is on the “to read” shelf in my book case. I’m a little disappointed to hear that the first review of thi sbook was not a glowing review, as I am a big Chabon fan myself. I’ll post when I’ve had a chance to read it.