Ke makemake ka mea kākau hou Virginia Hana ʻia ua hoohalikeia me ʻO Patricia Highsmith ke kau nei ke kuleana e like me ka pahikaua a Damocles e kali ana i ka hoohewa nui a ka poe heluhelu e pau ai ka hoohewa ana i keia hihia. ʻO ka hōʻoia ʻana i ka hoʻohālikelike kūpono, ʻoiai ke kuhikuhi nei ka manaʻo i ka laha ʻana o kēia hana, manaʻo ʻia he ʻike kūpono loa.
ʻOi aku ma mua o nā mea ʻē aʻe no ka mea ʻo ke ʻano mākaʻi (i ʻai ʻia i kēia manawa e kahi noir e kuhikuhi nui ana i nā moʻolelo kalaima derivative), loaʻa mau kahi kiko o ka moʻolelo nui kahi e kuhikuhi ai ka mea kākau o ka lā i nā kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe. ʻO nā hiʻohiʻona e hiki ke hele mai ke kono a hiki i ka unuhi ʻana i ka manawa like me kahi hoʻokokoke i nā protagonists mai nā ʻaoʻao i manaʻo ʻole ʻia.
ʻAʻole ʻike kekahi i kahi o ka mea pepehi kanaka, ka mea huna, ka ʻike ʻana i nā mea huna huna i lalo o ke ola o kēlā me kēia lā e like me nā hōʻike hope loa e haki ana i ka wili akamai. Hiki ke hoʻomaka wale nā mea a pau, a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma ia ala e like me kēlā moana o nā kūlana i haki mua i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo a laila haʻalele me kona hangover nā mea i koe e hoʻihoʻi hou ʻia e ʻike i nā moku moku i kūpono i nā mea āpau.
He kūleʻa nui ka moʻolelo hou a George March. ʻAʻohe mea i ʻoi aku ka haʻaheo ma mua o kāna wahine aloha, ʻo Mrs. I kekahi kakahiaka, ʻoiai ʻo ia e kokoke ana e kūʻai i ka berena ʻoliva ma kāna hale ʻaina punahele, ua ʻōlelo ka mea kōkua hale kūʻai me he mea lā ua hoʻoikaika ʻia ka mea hoʻokūkū o ka puke hou a George. ʻO kēia ʻōlelo maʻamau e hao iā ia i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ua ʻike ʻo ia i nā mea āpau e pili ana i kāna kāne-a me ia iho. Pēlā e hoʻomaka ai kahi huakaʻi hallucinatory a me hallucinatory e hōʻike ana i kahi pepehi kanaka a me nā mea huna i kanu ʻia no ka lōʻihi loa.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai i ka puke "La Señora March", na Virginia Feito, ma aneʻi:
