ʻO Nadal Award o ka makahiki 2000. Ua komo kēia puke moʻolelo hewa i ka hihia o kahi make pohihihi i loko o ka lumi motel o ke alanui. ʻAʻohe koko a kolohe paha. Akā ʻo ke aka o ke kānalua e hoʻonāukiuki i ka hoʻokolokolo kūpono, e mālama ana iā Sergeant Bevilacqua a me ke kiaʻi Chamorro.
ʻO ka manaʻo i kuhikuhi i kahi mea hohonu aʻe e hoʻopuni ana i ka make e lawe nei i ka hiʻona o ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, a hiki i ka lae o nā mea āpau ma muli o ka intricacy o ka mea, nā derivations a me nā hopena hope loa i hoʻopaʻi i ka mea i hōʻeha ʻia.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa i kahi kope o The Impatient Alchemist ma ke kumu kūʻai maikaʻi, kēia puke hoihoi na Lorenzo Silva, ma aneʻi:
