Nkhani yomwe imakupemphani kuti mupezenso chikhulupiriro. Palibe chochita ndi chikhulupiriro chachipembedzo. Ndizambiri zakukhulupirira matsenga amoyo, komwe mungangobwerera ndi maso a mwanayo. Maonekedwe a mwana yemwe mumamuwona akuyenda mumsewu tsopano kapena momwe inuyo mudalili.
Wamatsenga wamkulu Zabbatini amakhulupirira kwambiri zamatsenga, amakhala mmenemo ndipo adapereka zaka zake zosangalatsa kwambiri kuti asamamvetsere, panjira yachikhulupiriro chodabwitsa, chomwe chimatha nthawi zambiri ndikumangika kodziwa chinyengo chosavuta chomwe chimasunthira chilichonse, kuyiwala kuti chofunikira chinthu ndichinyengo. Mu 2007 Zabbatini salinso wamkulu, koma bambo wokalamba wodzaza ndi kusungulumwa komanso kusungulumwa.
Max ndi mwana wazaka 10 yemwe amamaliza kukumana ndi amatsenga kunyumba kwake ku Los Angeles. Zabbatini akudabwa kuti winawake akumukumbukirabe. Komanso, mwana wamng'ono yemwe samamuwona akuchita. Poyamba kukayikira kwamatsengawo pali china chake, koma momwe nkhaniyi imathandizira imakwaniritsa mfundo izi zodziwikiratu (mulimonse momwe ziliri kuti, tikasiya kukhala ndi chikhulupiriro ndikulota, zimakhala Zovuta kuti tibwerere kumalo amatsengawo)
Mpaka Zabbatini wamkulu atulutsa zokumbukira zake zaubwana, wolamulidwa ndi chidwi chomwe adakodwa nacho ndi wabodza wanthawiyo. M'mayiko oterewa ku Europe mwana wapeza kumene zomwe amafuna kukhala. Kwa zaka zambiri amadziwa zodabwitsazi zamatsenga ake, mtundu umodzi womwe umawoneka ngati ukuwuluka pamavuto azachisoni, Nazism ndi zonse zomwe zidachitika mdziko lakale.
Zakale ndi zamakono zimasakanikirana. Max amasinthidwa kukhala Zabbatini kukhala mwana yemwe anali iyemwini. Pempho lake loti apange mtundu wina wamatsenga pakati pa makolo a mnyamatayo, pakati pa chisudzulo, ayankhidwa. Pokonzekera kucheza ndi Max, tidakumbukiranso zaubwana wa Zabbatini ku Prague. Nthawi zosiyana kwambiri ndi nkhani zofananira zachikondi, zopweteketsa mtima, zokhumudwitsa komanso chiyembekezo nthawi zonse, matsenga, chikhulupiriro.
Tsopano mutha kugula buku la El truco, buku latsopano la Emanuel Bergmann, apa: