Query: 2004 jewish american fiction novels
Domain: books
Relevant documents:
The Final Solution (novel)
The Plot Against America
The Body of Jonah Boyd
Evidence from documents: The Final Solution (novel): '''''The Final Solution: A Story of Detection''''' is a 2004 novella 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 long-retired detective (who may or may not be 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 novella references Doyle's 1893 Sherlock Holmes story "The Final Problem" (in which Holmes confronts his greatest enemy, Professor Moriarty, at Reichenbach Falls) and the Final Solution (the Nazis' plan for the genocide of the Jewish people), as well as ''The Seven-Per-Cent Solution'', a 1974 novel written in homage to Conan Doyle by Nicholas Meyer.
The Plot Against America: The novel follows the fortunes of the Roth family during the Lindbergh presidency, as antisemitism becomes more accepted in American life and Jewish-American families like the Roths are persecuted on various levels.
The Body of Jonah Boyd: '''''The Body of Jonah Boyd''''' is a novel by David Leavitt, published in 2004, that depicts various consequences of the theft of a manuscript. It tells a story about the life of a common American family dealing with ethical principles, relationships and fairness (and unfairness) today.