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          6. The Solitaire Mystery

          1990 children's novel by Jostein Gaarder

          The Solitaire Mystery (Norwegian: Kabalmysteriet) is a 1990fantasynovel by Jostein Gaarder, the Norwegian author of the best-selling Sophie's World.

          The Solitaire Mystery, as with Sophie's World, has a philosophical content but, unlike Sophie's World, it does not explicitly mention philosophers and theories.

          Plot

          The book follows two seemingly separate stories:

          Hans-Thomas

          A 12-year-old boy, Hans-Thomas, and his father are driving through Europe on a journey to locate and bring home the boy's estranged mother.

          Whilst on their journey, a strange little man at a petrol station gives Hans-Thomas a magnifying glass, saying mystically: "You'll need it!" and persuades them to drive the long route that takes them through a small village by the name of Dorf.

          Not long afterwards, Hans-Thomas and his father stop at a roadside café in this village, then Hans-Thomas wanders around the village and gets a g