ʻO ka meʻe i manaʻo ʻole ʻia o kahi ʻano detective e nānā i ke aniani o Vazquez Montalban. No ka mea he reincarnation ʻo Melchor Marín, me kāna mau ʻano like ʻole o ka manawa-manawa-plot, ʻo ia Pepe Carvalho nāna i alakaʻi iā mākou ma nā keʻena pōʻeleʻele a i ʻole i waena o nā pō pōʻeleʻele ma Barcelona. ʻO Javier Cercas Hoʻonui ʻia ia ma kahi moʻolelo (Terra Alta, Independiencia a i kēia manawa kēia hale kākela) ʻaʻohe hopena i ʻike ʻia, i ka manawa i hiki ai ka hohonu o ka trilogy. No ka mea aia kekahi mau mea e pili ana i ke ola ma ka pepa a ʻo Melchor Marín kekahi o lākou. ʻOi aku ma hope o ke kolu o ka haʻawina e lawe iā mākou i loko o kona ʻili. E hōʻea i kēlā wahi kahi e hoʻopaʻapaʻa ai kou puʻuwai a me kou ʻuhane i kā lākou mau duels incarnate loa.
ʻO kekahi mau makahiki ma hope o nā hanana i haʻi ʻia ma ʻO Independencia, Ua haʻalele ʻo Melchor Marín i ka mossos d'esquadra a hana ma ke ʻano he hale waihona puke ma Gandesa, ma Terra Alta. ʻO Cosette, kāna kaikamahine, he ʻōpio kipi, ʻaʻole maopopo i ka hūnā ʻana o kona makuakāne iā ia i ke ʻano o ka make ʻana o kona makuahine, a ua hoʻoholo ʻo ia e hele i Mallorca me kāna hoaaloha maikaʻi e hoʻomaha pōkole.
Ke hoʻi ʻole ʻo ia a pane ʻole i nā kelepona i kāna kelepona paʻa, ʻo Melchor Marín, me ka manaʻo o kahi mākaʻi akamai, me ka pau ʻole o ka lua e hoʻoholo e kanu iā ia iho ma ka mokupuni e nānā i kāna mau neʻe hou. Ua haʻi kekahi iā ia e pili ana i ka hale billionaire ma kekahi kihi o ka mokupuni, kokoke i Pollença, kahi i kono ʻia ai nā kaikamahine ʻōpio e komo i nā pāʻina leʻaleʻa. Pono ʻo Melchor Marín i ke kōkua. ʻOi aku ma mua o ka manawa. A loaʻa i nā hoaaloha no ka hana pepehi kanaka. E pilikia anei ko lakou ola me ia? He mea maikaʻi anei ia?
Hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻair ka moolelo «El castillo de Barbazul», na Javier Cercas, maanei:
