Isafobe esiyimpumelelo phakathi kwamakhadi asetafileni kunye nento ekhoyo ebomini ekugqibeleni. Ithuba kunye nento nganye ecetywayo xa sele ingenile kumdlalo wobomi. Ukuhamba nge-bluffing kunokuba lelona nyathelo liphumeleleyo kodwa kusoloko kulungile ukukwazi ukukopa, ukuba nje bengebodwa.
Kwimeko kaHugo, into yakhe kukuhlala ephakamisa ibhidi kwaye aze aphule ipakethi ukuba kuyimfuneko. Kuba ekujongeni elona qabane libalaseleyo ekujolise kulo empumelelweni ekupheleni komdlalo, umlinganiswa wethu unokukhupha amakhadi emkhonweni wakhe ukubaleka umdlalo omnandi xa umntu ephosa amakhadi ukuba aphose.
Kwaye akukho malunga nothando kuphela endibonisayo malunga nabatshatileyo. Kule noveli zonke iindibano zizibhambathiso ezisuka kuthando oluqalayo, ukusuka kubuhlobo okanye ukusuka kweyona mpazamo ipheleleyo. Kwaye umbhali uthatha eli thuba ukuze aveze umphefumlo wabalinganiswa bakhe ngokuchukumisa ubunyani bomlingo. Akukho kuzenzisa, histrionics okanye overacting. Kuphela ukuzibophelela kombhali ukunika ubomi bonke abo bahamba nathi kuhambo lobukho babo. Kwaye oko kufezekiswa ngokungathi besisazi umlinganiswa ngamnye kobunye ubomi. Ngenxa yokuba indalo kule noveli ifana nesipho sovelwano olukhawulezileyo.
Ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo, abalinganiswa beli yelenqe banxibelelana nemvakalelo yomlingo ye-verisimilitude kunye nokusondelana okusibeka phambili ukuba siphile ezona adventures zinzima. Kuba kancinci kancinci ibali liqhubela phambili ekuthandeni zonke iintlobo. Elo thuba, amakhadi abawadlalayo kunye nesibindi somdlali ngamnye ukuqalisa iodolo yabo okanye ukukhohlisa i-poker yabo.
Kwaye kwezo, indima kaHugo isebenza njengesizathu se-biographical. Yonke into ijikeleze u-Hugo ohlala iwaka kunye ne-adventure yemihla ngemihla yeyona hustler yakudala kuncwadi. Umfana ngamanye amaxesha kunye nokukhanya kwegorha (echaza iqhawe njengaye nabani na owenza into anokuyenza) kodwa kunye nosizi lwakhe phakathi kokuvakalisa i-nihilistic. Ubume bukaHugo bunayo yonke into ehambelana nokuchasana kwawo wonke unyana wommelwane.
Iyelenqe libukeka njengenkanyamba eza kubamba uHugo. Abalinganiswa abafana noCris okanye uManolo banika inkxaso kwinguquko ekhawulezileyo yeziganeko ezibabeka phezu kwenzonzobila ezingacingelwanga xa ibali liqalisa. Isiphumo siqhushumbo, inyani elayishwe nge-dynamite kwiziseko zayo kwaye ephela iqhuma, kwelinye icala, ngelixa iphinda iqhume ngaphakathi komlinganiswa onjengoHugo odlale amakhadi akhe ukuya phezulu. Kungcono okanye kubi.
Ngoku ungathenga inoveli ethi "Amakhadi asichukumisayo", nguRamón Gallart, Apha:
