U-Lorenzo Falcó sele engomnye wabalinganiswa beenkwenkwezi UArturo Pérez Reverte yakhe ngempumelelo uncwadi lweSpanishi. Ewe, umntu okhohlakeleyo, othukayo kwaye onamathuba akananto yakwenza no-Alatriste ozukileyo, kodwa uluphawu lwamaxesha. Iqhawe linika i-baton kwi-antihero njenge-protagonist epheleleyo. Inokuba ingumcimbi wokudinwa xa ubona ububi oboyisayo, ukuzula ngokukhululekileyo kuluntu olungapheliswanga.
Ngesi sihlandlo, singo-Matshi 1937. U-Lorenzo Falcó uyaqhubeka nokusebenza kwizithunzi, phantsi komyalelo wabavukeli, kuloo msebenzi umnyama ubuyimfuneko ukutshintsha ikhosi yemfazwe, ukuba kukho imfuneko. Kwimfazwe naseluthandweni nantoni na iyahamba, ibinzana elibonakala lilungiselelwe lo mlinganiswa umnyama, obonakala ngathi unawo ngaphakathi ukuze akwazi ukwenza ngokungalunganga kwezo zithunzi zobugqwirha, iyelenqe kunye nokunxibelelana nomtyholi ngokwakhe.
Ulahliwe waya eTangier, uLorenzo Falcó unenjongo yokuhlasela iqela elilawulayo laseSpain elimshiya ehluphekile kwezoqoqosho, ebuthathaka kwaye engenalo ityala kwihlabathi liphela. Umsebenzi omdaka oza kukhokelela kwintlupheko, ukubandezeleka kunye nendlala ebantwini. Ukusebenza okuyimfuneko ukwenziwa kuloo ndawo ihlazisayo ekuhlala kuyo isimilo sethu, ukuze abantu ekuthiwa babelwela izidwangube, bangazi ngamaqhinga angcolileyo.
Phambi kukaLorenzo, u-Eva uyavela, umfazi okhangeleka engenabungozi oqaqambisa uFalcó kodwa naye uthathe inxaxheba kuloo mfazwe imdaka, kuphela kwelinye icala. Kuxhomekeka kwimeko, ukuthanda okanye ukuzonda yinto nje ekugxilwe kuyo, ukukwazi ukusuka kwenye indawo uye kwenye njengoko kufuneka. Kodwa ayisiyonyani kangako yokuba ekuzeni nasekuhambeni phakathi kweemvakalelo ezichaseneyo umntu ugqibela ngokushiya iingubo zomphefumlo, akhulule phambi kwenyani enokukhokelela ekubeni uphinde ucinge indawo yakho emhlabeni.
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