Michael Chabon, The Final Solution

Now, here's a first--a review of Chabon's new novel which never mentions Sherlock Holmes by name. True, the book never does either, but the inference is, by all accounts, brutally obvious. Surely the reviewer recognized Holmes as "once celebrated detective in London", didn't he? If so, was he just trying to be unique in not naming Holmes? Interesting question...

Having been a Sherlock Holmes fan since I was about eight, when my book-loving Mom bought me both volumes of The Complete Sherlock Holmes, Chabon's book is at the very top of my wish list this year.