Kenanso Jo nesbo imagwirizana ndi paradigm ya buku laumbanda, momwe mkuntho wake ndi mitambo yakuda yamilandu ina imalumikizana yomwe imawoneka ngati ikulowa ngati kachilombo mpaka khungu lotsiriza la chikhalidwe. Komanso ndikuti Joy imapanga chilichonse kuti chikhale chanzeru pamaluso atsopano.
Zowona kuti Harry Hole anali atatigonjetsa kale kuyambira pomwe adawonekera koyamba. Koma monga ndikunenera, pamlandu uliwonse watsopano, kapena kuti chaputala chilichonse chatsopano cha moyo wake cholumikizidwa ndi mlanduwu, timakumana ndi zovuta zazikulu pakusakanikirana kwa ngwazi ndi otayika (pafupifupi antihero osayang'anizana ndi kukonza komwe kumachitika iye. chilichonse). Mmodzi mwa onse, uyu ndi wapolisi wanzeru Harry Hole.
Ndikudziwa kuti akuyenda mozungulira pa moyo wake, Harry adzauka m'mawa wina atapita kotsiriza ku ma hello akale amowa. Kusiya kwa Rakel kudamuyitananso kuti awonongeke.
Koma nthawi ino kudzuka ndikowawa kuposa kale. Kukumbukira ndikuthirira ndipo magazi omwe ali m'manja mwake samaneneratu zabwino zilizonse.
Chibadwa cha Hole nthawi zonse chimamuthandiza kuwona munthu woyipayo. Nthawi ino muyenera kuyang'ana kwa iye kuti angopulumuka. Simulinso ndi zinthu zambiri monga kale. Tsopano ndiopolisi wamba, wopanda vitola wake ngati wofufuza wamkulu yemwe adamubweretsa pamwamba asadalimbikire kuti abwerere pansi.
Dzinalo lakale limamveka mkati modabwitsika: Svein Finne. Wogwiririra mwankhanza komanso wakupha wabwereranso mumsewu, ubwino wa makhothi. Ndipo posachedwa Hole azindikira kuti Finne akufuna kubwezera. Vuto ndiloti limamugwira panthawi yoyipitsitsa kuti agwirizanenso motere.
Atafika poipa kwambiri, zikafunika kuti adzuke m'mawa uliwonse, Harry Hole ayenera kupeza mphamvu zomulimbikitsanso kuti adzalimbane ndi nkhondo yonse, kuyesera kudzikonzekeretsa ndi mdani wake, zisanawoneke kuti tsopano iye ndi m'modzi yekha, nyama yosavuta.
Monga chirombo chilichonse chovulala kwambiri, a Harry Hole atha kudikirira njira yomaliza yomenyera asanamwalire.
Tsopano mutha kugula buku la «Mpeni», buku latsopano la Harry Hole, apa: