The Final Solution: A Story of Detection

"Michael Chabon, is, simply, the coolest writer in America."--Christian Science Monitor

"One of the best-written American novels published this fall . . . an experiment by a master."--The New York Sun

"A knockout...you'll be done before you know it. Then you might well read it again."--Denver Post

"Delightful...and deceptively profound...Chabon shows his greatness."--Louisville Courier Journal

"A haunting novella."--Publishers Weekly

"Watching Chabon skillfully zigzag between literary and genre is half the fun of the book...refreshing."--Miami Herald

"Infused with a graceful, elegiac atmosphere...wrought with innovative construction, glittering with epiphany...remarkable."--Buffalo News

"Exuberant...the real mystery is how Chabon managed to fit so much hope and humanity into such a brief tale."--BookPage

"Packed with gorgeous writing...a knockout. You'll be done before you know it. Then you might well read it again."--Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

"Simple and startlingly sad...Chabon has created a minor masterpiece."--Hartford Courant