The Final Solution
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| Author | Michael Chabon |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Mystery |
| Publisher | Fourth Estate, an imprint of HarperCollins |
| Released | November 9, 2004 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover and Paperback) and audio-CD |
| Pages | 144 (hardcover edition) |
| Size and weight | 8.4 x 5.7 x 0.7 inches, 10.2 ounces (hardcover) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-06-076340-X (hardcover edition); ISBN 0-00-719603-2 (British softcover edition) |
The Final Solution is a novel by Michael Chabon. It is a detective story that in many ways pays homage to the writings of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and other writers of the genre. The story, set in 1944, revolves around an unnamed 89 year old detective (who may or may not be a long-retired Sherlock Holmes but is always called just "the old man"), now interested mostly in beekeeping, and his quest to find a missing parrot, the only friend of a mute Jewish boy. The title of the novel references Doyle's Sherlock Holmes story "The Final Problem," in which Holmes confronts his greatest enemy, Professor Moriarty, at Reichenbach Falls, and the Nazis' plan for the genocide of the Jewish people, the Final Solution.
The novel originally appeared as The Final Solution: A Story of Detection in The Paris Review #166, Summer 2003. It won the 2003 Aga Khan Prize for Fiction and was reprinted in book form in November 2004.[1]
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