Ngomlo onjengemfazwe, i umbhali wale noveli usinika ibali eliyingqayizivele, kufuphi nomlobi omnyama, kwaye waphinde wakhululwa ngamagama athile ukususela oko kwapapashwa okokuqala ngo-1997.
Umxholo ekubhekiswa kuwo ujikeleze ukubaleka kwabaqhubi beenqwelomoya abangamaNgesi embindini weMfazwe yesibini (II) yeHlabathi. La malungu mabini eRAF abulawa phakathi kwenqwelomoya kodwa bayakwazi ukusinda kwaye bawele kumhlaba waseJamani. Okwangoku, ibali lalifana nomdlalo bhanyabhanya Asizange sibe ziingelosi zikaSean Penn kunye noRobert de Niro, apho abadlali abadumileyo babedlala ngokubaleka kabini kwintolongo yaseCanada. Ukuphunyuka okufanayo phakathi kwendalo ekhephu kunye neencoko ezifanayo kunye nenqaku elithile lale meko yokuhlekisa ekwabelwana ngayo phakathi kwamabali omabini aya kuthi andise kweli nqanaba lokuqala lebali.
Ukubuyela kule noveli, inqaku kukuba ekubalekeni kwakhe, UBryan noJames bafumana kuphela enye indlela, yokupasa abagulayo emiselwe uloliwe oBomvu. Into ababengenako ukuyazi kukuba lo loliwe wayebamba amajoni aseJamani. UBryan noJames bathatha isazisi samapolisa amabini e-SS, ikamva labo elingaziwayo liphelela ekubeni yiNdlu yeAlfabhethi, isibhedlele sabagula ngengqondo apho kufuneka baqhubeke nokuthatha isifo sengqondo esixhalabisayo, bengazi ukuba loluphi unyango abanokujamelana nalo kwaye mhlawumbi babeke ubomi babo ngakumbi ngaphezu kwayo nayiphi na enye indlela ethathiweyo. Kulapho sitshintsha ifilimu kwaye saya kwiScotter Island's Shutter Island, sinamachaphaza amnyama ngokupheleleyo ngobuhlanya.
Kwimeko emnyama, ejikelezwe ngamabonakaliso amabi, abaqhubi beenqwelomoya abancinci kunye nabahlobo baya kufumanisa ukuba mhlawumbi ayingabo bodwa abazenza abagula ngengqondo. Isigqibo sithathiwe kwaye iimeko eziveliswe sisigqibo sabo sokukhwela kuloliwe ziya kuziswa kubo ngendlela engalindelekanga, phakathi kwehlaya le-asidi kunye nemvakalelo yokubandezeleka abangaziyo ukuba bazakuhamba ixesha elingakanani apho, ukuba Bazokwazi ukubaleka, ukuba baya kuba nakho ukuqhubeka nokwabelana ngeemfihlo zabo zokuhlala bengaphilanga engqondweni.
Babalekile, bathatha isigqibo sabo ngokungxama kwaye ngoku banethemba lokuba bangabaleka baphume apho.
Ungayithenga ngoku incwadi ethi Indlu yeAlfabhethi, umsebenzi omkhulu wombhali uJusii Adler Olsen, apha:
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