ʻO ka manaʻo kaumaha ua hoʻokō ʻole ʻoe i kekahi e hiki ke hoʻomālamalama i nā hanana hope hope loa. ʻAʻole paha ʻoe e hewa āpau i ka hewa ʻana o nā mea āpau, akā make hewa kāu hana.
ʻO ia ke kuanaʻike e hoʻopuni ana i ka mea heluhelu i kēia puke ke hoʻomaka koke ia me nā ʻaoʻao mua. ʻO kahi ʻano o ka hewa hala ʻole, hiki ke hōʻalo ʻia inā ua kiʻi ʻo Tom iā Bob Ardlan, kona makuahōnōwai kāne mua. No ka mea ma hope koke o kēlā kāhea ʻana ua hoʻopau ʻo Bob iā ia iho i ka honua mai ka pāpale o kona hale.
Akā ʻoiai, e pīpī ana ʻo Tom me kahi kaikamahine kupaianaha, a i ʻole ma ka liʻiliʻi e hoʻāʻo ana ʻo ia, a ʻo ka lawelawe ʻana i kahi makuakāne ma mua i kēlā mau ʻano mea hilahila.
I ka wā i hoʻomaka ai wau e heluhelu i kēia puke, hoʻomanaʻo wau i nā hana hope loa o Luca Dʻandrea, ʻO Sandrone Dazieri o Andrea Camillery. A noʻonoʻo wau i kēia puke «Ke kauwela malihini a Tom Harvey», e ka mea wale nō e hoʻomohala ʻia i Italia, e hana ana i hodgepodge o kēia mau mea kākau ʻekolu o ka ʻano like.
Nā hōʻino hōʻino! ʻAʻole maopopo koke wau ʻo Mikel kā ka leo o kāna iho a ʻokoʻa hoʻi e ʻōlelo maʻamau. ʻOiai ke ʻāpana ʻeleʻele e hāʻawi mau nei i nā winks, ʻo ka mea a Mikel e loaʻa ai kahi palapala ʻeleʻele nani, e kāhea aku ai.
Aia ka pepehi kanaka, aia ka hakakā (ma loko a ma waho o ke ʻano), aia ka hoʻokolokolo a me ka pohihihi, akā naʻe, ʻo ke ala a Mikel e neʻe ai i loko o kā lākou papahana pili maikaʻi e hōʻike ana i kahi nani kūikawā i loko o kahi huaʻōlelo agile a kikoʻī hoʻi āna i ʻike ai pehea hoʻopiha i nā wehewehe mai loko o ke ʻano a i waho a mai waho a waho. ʻO kekahi ʻano hiʻohiʻona-ʻano symbiosis ʻaʻole paha ʻoe i loaʻa i nā mea kākau ʻē aʻe. ʻAʻole maopopo iaʻu inā wehewehe wau iaʻu iho. ʻO kaʻu mea e maopopo ai, ʻo ia, ke kānalua, ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke hooki i ka heluhelu ʻana.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai i ka puke «The Strange Case of Tom Harvey», ka puke hou na Mikel Santiago, ma aneʻi:
1 manaʻo ma "Ke kauwela malihini o Tom Harvey, na Mikel Santiago"