Umlinganiswa ophambili kule noveli, eyapapashwa okokuqala ngo-1968, nguBilly Casper. Kodwa kukho omnye uBilly onokuthi abhekisele ekufumaneni le nkwenkwe isuka eNgilane edakumbileyo kwimigodi, nguBilly Elliot, laa mfana uzinikele ekungqungqeni kwiminyaka ye-80.
Bobabini bangabomnye wabahlali basezimayini, bobabini bayaliwe ngenxa yokungafani. Nangona kunjalo, uCasper omdala olungileyo yimeko egqithileyo. Ayikuko ukuba uBilly kule noveli akakwazi ukudanisa kuba uzibona engafanelekanga endodeni, into yakhe kukuba yena akaphefumli kancinci kwindawo apho umama wakhe angamhoyanga khona, umntakwabo wambetha kwangoko xa esela kancinci. utywala, iitshomi zakhe zenza ubuze kwaye esikolweni bazincamela umphefumlo omnye olahlekileyo.
Kodwa ekugqibeleni, amabali eeBillys ngandlela thile ayahlangana kwakhona. Phakathi kosizi, ukuphoxeka, isizungu kunye nokukrakra kobuntwana okhohlakeleyo, kuhlala kusonwabisa ukubona le ndoda incinci ishiya, ibaleka kukucaphuka okuninzi.
Ndikunye noBilly Casper siva ubunzima bokuthula kwakhe obumsongelayo ebuntwini obumnyama nobubi, buzele kukungaqondani nentiyo. Kude kuthi gqi u-hawk. UCasper omncinci umisela ubudlelwane nale ntaka izizilwanyana apho aza kuphola khona amanxeba, apho anokuguqula khona uloyiko kunye nentiyo yakhe ukuze uncwadi oluyintsomi lube luxanduva lokuzama ukusidibanisa nehlabathi.
Umbuzo ngowokuba, ngaba, kwakhona, iimeko ziya kuvumela uBilly Casper ukuba abhabhe ngaphezulu kwenyani yakhe eyoyikisayo. Okanye ukuba, ngokuchaseneyo, yonke into iyakuphela ngeplummet ekhawulezileyo yeentaka ezingena emhlabeni onzima.
Ungayithenga incwadi kes, ibiyintoni inoveli yesibini yombhali ongasekhoyo wesiNgesi UBarry hines, Apha: