Ukuba kukho nabani na onobuganga bokucinga ukubhala kwakhona iMacbeth ye Shakespeare (ngeempikiswano ezingapheliyo malunga nokubhalwa okupheleleyo kwasekuqaleni kwesiNgesi), ayinakuba yenye ngaphandle Jo nesbo.
Kuphela ngumdali onabileyo, ohluka-hlukeneyo owaba lelona nqaku likhoyo ngoku lokwenyani lolwaphulo-mthetho.
Mhlawumbi ukuqwalaselwa kohlobo olumnyama njengolona luhlengahlengisiweyo ukulungiselela iMacbeth entsha izandi ezingaqhelekanga kuwe. Kodwa, ukuba ucinga ngayo, umsebenzi kaShakespeare wonyusa urhwaphilizo, ubuqili kunye nokufa kwaye eso sixa, namhlanje, loluphi uhlobo?
Ngenkululeko eyimfuneko yokuziqhelanisa, u-Jo Nesbo uguqula iMacbeth ibe yipolisa eliyalela iqela longenelelo elite. Inqaku eliqhelekileyo elixhasa konke ukufana phakathi kwale macbeth yangoku kunye neyona nto iphambili ngamabhongo njengamandla anakho ukuhambisa konke ukuthanda ukuya kwilifa leMachiavellian apho uShakespeare ngokwakhe wasela khona.
Kwaye ke singena esixekweni nakwindawo yayo engaphantsi apho imali emnyama, iziyobisi zihamba nalapho ubomi ngokwabo bunokuba yinxalenye yesivumelwano esisezantsi, esizalisekisiweyo okanye esingazalisekiswanga.
Lo mntu wenza ububi phantsi komhlaba, oyimfuneko kulolongo lweyona nkangeleko intle yoluntu, ikhokelwa nguHekate, onemida yamabhongo afezekisa ingqondo yokufezekisa yonke into, yokulawula isixeko siphela.
U-Hekate ukholelwa ekubeni ukubala kuka-Macbeth kungamenza abenomphumo wokuphumeza isicwangciso sokuthimba yonke iminqweno.
UMacbeth ukwindawo enodaka yeengxaki zakhe, eqhutywa bubunzima obukhulu phakathi kwemvakalelo yokubandezeleka yokungabi nayo indlela yokuphuma ebubini.
Inoveli yolwaphulo-mthetho enamabhongo ebonisa ukufana okukhulu phakathi kweemeko ezimbi zempucuko yabantu kwiinkulungwane ezidlulileyo kunye nezona zinorhatyazo namhlanje.
Ungayithenga inoveli ngoku Macbeth, Incwadi entsha kaJo Nesbo, nantsi: