Ua makemake wau e launa me kēia mea kākau no ka manawa lōʻihi, ʻo kekahi o kēlā mau mea hana i kapa ʻia he mea hōʻino ʻia, ua hoʻopau ʻia ʻo ia i kēia lā me ka ikaika nui aʻe, i ka hopena o nā poʻe ʻē aʻe e like me ia iho. Edgar Allan Poe; ʻo Crispin i hāʻawi i kahi hoʻomana ma o kāna protagonist Gervase Fen a me kāna mau mea like (ʻaʻole nele i kahi kānana o ka hilarity) me Auguste Dupin.
A ua hiki iā Edmund Cripin ke hana i ke kūpono e hōʻailona ʻia ma ke ʻano he mea kākau make, me kēlā aura pōpilikia i hoʻopio i ka poʻe heluhelu. ʻO kāna hoʻolaʻa paʻa ʻana i ka waiʻona i alakaʻi iā ia i kāna hopena i manaʻo ʻia ma waena o ka makemake nui i ka palapala a me ka manaʻo o ka palaho a me nā waimaka o kēlā me kēia mea kākau i lilo i ʻO Dorian Grey i mua o ke aniani a i ʻole ka ʻaukā o kāna hana.
ʻO ke kuhi ka mea kakaʻikahi o nā mea haʻi moʻolelo i kēia hoihoi o ke ʻano kolohe ma ke kenekulia XNUMX (e hoʻomaikaʻi nui nei Agatha Christie) e hoʻomaʻa iā ia i kāna kiʻi kuhi hewa i hoʻoili ʻia me ke ʻano hoʻomākeʻaka. A hoihoi, aia i kēia manawa ke lawe hou kāna reissues i nā lele hou i ka loaʻa hou ʻana o ka mea akamai i ka moʻokalaleo a me nā mele, i nā kaʻao a me nā hōʻuluʻulu o nā moʻolelo.
ʻO nā puke kiʻekiʻe ʻekolu a Edmund Crispin i ʻōlelo ai
Kanu ʻia no ka leʻaleʻa
Aia kekahi mea lawehala, hoʻohaunaele a hoʻopilikia i ka helehelena o kahi Gervase Fen makemake e wehe i nā hewa quixotic ma ke ʻano Pelekania, me he mea lā na Sherlock Holmes i heluhelu a hoʻomāhuahua ʻia e kēlā manaʻo fiction i hoʻonui ʻia i ke ola.
A ʻo ia nō paha ke kumu o kona magnetism ponoʻī a me kāna wahi hana palena ʻole no kāna mea kākau. Ma muli o ke ʻano hilahila ʻole o Fen, i loko o ka modus operandi i aʻo ʻia i kēlā me kēia ʻano hiki ke puka aʻe no kahi ʻano lawehala i hiki i ka waena o ke kenekulia XNUMX i inu mai ka hiʻohiʻona esoteric o ka make i nā paionia e like me Poe a me Lovecraft. ʻO ka mea i mua o ka manaʻo kolohe e hoʻouka kaua ma hope ʻO Tom sharpeUa hoʻopuka ʻo Edumun Crispin me kahi kiko o ka malihini ʻē ma waena o ka hoʻomākeʻaka a me ka weliweli o ka hewa. Ma ka hānai ʻana me ka nohona pīhoihoi o ke kulanui, ua hoʻoholo ke polofesa eccentric a me ka mākaʻikaʻi amatir Gervase Fen e hoʻomaha iki a neʻe aku i ke kaona mamao a nondescript o Sanford Angelorum, ma ka puʻuwai o nā kauhale ʻEnelani, e holo no ka Parliament.
Akā ʻike koke ʻo Fen he hiki ke hoʻopunipuni nā helehelena, a komo ʻo ia i loko o kahi papa pōʻeleʻeleʻele e alakaʻi i kahi pohihihi pepehi kanaka. Ke hoʻopau nei kāna ʻoihana politika e hāʻawi iā ia me nā mea hōʻoluʻolu, kālele ʻo Fen i kona ikaika āpau i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ka mea pohihihi, akā, me ka ʻike ʻole ʻole, ua paʻa ʻo ia i kahi pūnaewele pupule kahi e holo ai i loko o nā psychiatrists eccentric, kahi kahuna e hoʻāʻo nei e hoʻomeamea ʻo nā poltergeist, nā lunatic e holo olohelohe ana i nā kula, nā wahine maikaʻi, a me kahi puaʻa ʻano ʻē. ʻO kahi kau hou o nā huakaʻi o ke polopeka Oxford make ʻole a akamai hoʻi a me ka mākaʻikaʻi hāmeʻa Gervase Fen.
Pepehi kanaka i ka Hale Pule Nui
Aia kekahi mahele o ka manawa kūpono i hiki ke ʻike ʻia i nā hihia i loom ma luna o ka mea i loko o kahi huna pohihihi o kā mākou protagonists. Ma nā wahi a Poirot, Holmes, a ʻo Carvalho paha i hele aku ai, ua hui pū nā pūʻali koa ʻino e hāʻawi ʻole i ka hoʻomaha i ko mākou mau koa. ʻOi aku i ka hihia o kahi Gervase Fen, ʻoiai ʻo ia nō ka mea i komo i ka waha o ka ʻīlio hae no ka leʻaleʻa.
Ma hea ʻo Fen e hele ai, hiki mai nā mea, me kēlā ʻano maʻalahi o ka wahine a me kēlā ʻike hiki ʻole ʻole i nā hopena ... Ua haʻalele ke kumu polole a me kahi mākaʻikaʻi wahine ʻo Gervase Fen i kāna Kulanui Oxford aloha no ke kauwela e hele i ke kaona kai ʻo Tolnbridge, kahi āna i hele ai. hoʻolālā e hoʻolōʻihi i kāu hoʻomaha. He mea kaua ʻo ia me ka ʻupena no nā mea kolo, ʻoiai ke hoʻolālā nei ʻo ia e hoʻolaʻa iā ia iho i ka art of entomology. Akā ʻaʻole mau ka mālie a me ka maluhia.
Ua pīhoihoi ke kaona i ka pepehi kanaka pohihihi a ka mea hoʻokino o ka hale pule nui. ʻO ka mea hoʻokani pila e nīnau ʻia nei ʻaʻohe ona ʻenemi i ʻike ʻia a hana ʻole kāna hana ma ka hale pule, no laila ʻaʻole hiki i nā mākaʻi ke loaʻa kahi kānalua. ʻO ia paha ka kipi a kekahi poʻe kiu Kelemania? A i ʻole ka hopena o nā ʻoka, e like me nā lono, i hana ʻia i kēlā mau ʻāpana mai ka ʻumikūmāhiku kenekulia?
E like me ke akamai Agatha Christie a e like me ka hilarious e like me PG Wodehouse, Edmund Crispin, kekahi o nā haku o ka moʻolelo detective English, hōʻike iā mākou i loko o "Murder in the Cathedral" i kahi mea pohihihi hou i piha i nā ʻano eccentric, nā ʻuhane ʻaʻole, nā ʻōpio makemake i nā ʻeleʻele a me nā kiu Nazi. .
ʻO ka mea pohihihi o ka lele gula
Me kēia puke i hoʻomaka ai ka moʻo o ka luna-pseudo-nānā ʻo Gervase Fen. A malia paha i ka hemahema o ka wehewehe ʻana i ke kuleana o ke kumu i lilo i mākaʻi hoʻomaikaʻi, nā puʻupuʻu puʻupuʻu a ʻo ka mea kākau iā ia iho i kekahi manawa.
I nā kau hope, ua hoʻohui ʻia kēia mea a hāʻawi ʻia ka ʻike quixotic a Fen iā ia i ka lewa o kahi meʻe malihini, kahi akua kiʻi atypical i kū pono i kāna dislocation mele me nā mea heluhelu e ʻaʻa e hoʻokomo iā ia iho i kona ʻili, ʻo ia ka mea like ʻole i kēlā mea. ʻo nā mea noʻeau e pepehi a make ... ʻO nā ʻoihana keaka e ʻōhumu mau nei me ka ʻōamuamu. Akā he mau mea hoihoi loa e like me ka mea e hana nei ma Oxford i kēia manawa.
ʻO ke keiki ʻōpio a make ʻo Yseut, kahi wahine ʻano ʻino a kolohe hoʻi, ke kikowaena o ka nānā, ʻoiai kāna taleni nui e luku i ke ola o nā kāne a puni iā ia. A hiki i kona loaʻa ʻana i make ma lalo o kahi ʻano ʻē. ʻO ka mea pōmaikaʻi, ma hope o nā mea i ʻike ʻia ʻo Professor Gervase Fen eccentric, ka mea i ʻoi aku ka hauʻoli i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i nā kalaima ma mua o ke aʻo ʻana i nā puke Pelekane. A ʻo ka nui o kona hoʻokolokolo ʻana i ka hihia, ʻo ka nui o kona ʻike he poʻe moho ka poʻe e ʻike iā Yseut e pepehi iā ia; akā e hiki anei iā Fen ke ʻike i ka mea nāna i hana?
