I kekahi manawa, lawe ka ʻano ʻeleʻele i kahi manaʻo e pili ana i ka existential. Nā hihia e like me kēlā o ʻO Victor o ka Lāʻau, hiki i ka hohonu loa abysmal mai ka introspection o kona mau ano. Hana ʻia kekahi mea like me kēia mea kākau, ʻo Chris Whitacker ka mea i hōʻea mai me kahi wahi ʻē aʻe o ka pilina pili ʻole me ka Swiss bestseller ʻO Joel dicker. No ka mea, i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka moʻolelo mai kona hopena hiki, ʻaʻole i hōʻike piha ʻia, hoʻokomo mākou i ka huina o nā flashbacks i hana i ka puzzle o ka lā.
ʻO ka hui ʻana a laila hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa mau synthese maikaʻi. ʻO ka pilikia a i ʻole ka maikaʻi, e like me ka mea kākau, ʻo ia ka ʻimi ʻana i ka hui ʻana, ka dosage kūpono i ʻole e pau ka hopena i ke kaulike ʻole me ka hoʻopiha pono ʻana i ka ʻokoʻa o nā mea moʻolelo. I kēia manawa, ʻike ʻo Whitacker i ka wahi kūpono loa i kēlā cocktail me ka ʻike ʻole ʻia e like me ka hui pū ʻana.
ʻO ka Duchess Day Radley kahi mea i hoʻolaha ponoʻī iā ia iho he ʻumikūmākolu makahiki he "lawe". No nā poʻe ʻē aʻe nā lula. ʻO ia ka mea pale ikaika o kona kaikunāne ʻelima makahiki, ʻo Robin, a me ke kanaka makua no Star, kona makuahine hoʻokahi, ʻaʻole hiki ke mālama iā ia iho, ʻoi aku kāna mau keiki ʻelua.
ʻO Walk ke poʻo makai kūloko i kēia manawa, akā ke hoʻāʻo nei ʻo ia e hoʻōla i kahi ʻeha kahiko mai ka lilo ʻana i mea hōʻike i ʻekolu mau makahiki i hala aku nei ua hoʻouna ʻo ia i kāna hoaaloha maikaʻi loa, ʻo Vincent King, i ka hale paʻahao, e puka ana i waho o ka hale paʻahao. A ʻo Duchess a me Walk pono e kū i ka pilikia a ko lākou hoʻi ʻana mai.
ʻO ke kumu o kēia manawa ʻo ia ka ʻike o ka mea mai ka ʻike o nā mea ʻelua ma nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua o ka pōʻino. ʻO ke kaikamahine a me ka makai. Mai ka pōʻino e hopena i ka huki ʻana, haʻalele a me ka hewa ma ka lima hoʻokahi a me ka hihia truculent i pani ʻia a ke kali nei i kāna ʻōlelo hoʻoholo pili loa.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai i ka puke "We Started at the End", na Chris Whitaker, maanei:
