Thetha malunga nababhali ababalaseleyo kunye nabandulelayo bohlobo olumnyama olungenakutshiswa njengangoku UDashiell hammett, UJames M. Cain o Raymond Chandler kwaye ushiye UJim Thompson, ayiyirisithi. Ubuncinci ezi zinto zinamaphepha azukileyo kolu hlobo kude kube sekupheleni kweminyaka yee-50 kunye neye-60.
Ke namhlanje ndizisa apha owesine (kwaye kwinqanaba elifanayo) umbhali omkhulu wohlobo lomcuphi "ongwevu", lowo waqala ukubeka iziseko zenoveli emnyama kwezona zinto zangoku zingathintelwanga ezibonisa ubundlobongela Ukuhamba usuka ebubini udluliselwe kwiintsomi.
Ityala likaJim Thompson lelo lombhali ongenanto yakwenza nalo, Sele enomdla kumabali akhe okuqala ngeziganeko nakwindawo yabafileyo. Ukusukela ebuntwaneni bakhe, uJim omncinci wayephila kumahla ndinyuka ezoqoqosho nakutata owayethanda ezopolitiko kunye nemali elula, nokuba nguSheriff.
Ke uJim wayengengomntwana ufundela. Nangona kunjalo, ukuthanda kwakhe ukufunda kunye nezakhono zakhe zokubhala kungekudala zibonisiwe zamnceda ukuba afumane imisebenzi yokuqala kumaphephandaba ngaxeshanye epapasha amanye amabali kunye namapolisa.
Ngexesha lobutsha bakhe nakwiminyaka engamashumi amane okuqala, uJim Thompson wadibanisa imisebenzi eyahlukeneyo yazo zonke iintlobo ngelixa ejonga utywala kunye nemidlalo ethile kwimakethi emnyama enotywala eyaphela yabangela ingxaki engaphezulu kwesinye.
Ngomfazi wakhe nabantwana abathathu, ukuya kuthi ga kwi-40s, uJim uya eNew York apho ekugqibeleni abhala khona inoveli yakhe yokuqala, ngaphaya kwamabali amaninzi angaphambili awayefumana kuwo ingeniso.
Ukuzinikezela kwakhe okukhulu kwinoveli akuzange kubeke ecaleni iingxaki zakhe ngotywala nakwezinye iziqendu eziphikisanayo kwezopolitiko kwaye ngenxa yentlekele yosapho ngokuzibulala kukayise.
Ngale mpahla ibalulekileyo, kunokuqondwa ukuba iinoveli esele zivela ngelo xesha zigqamile kuloo halo yenoveli yobundlobongela obubulalayo, yabangaphantsi komhlaba enoloyiso, ukusinda, intiyo kunye nenkohliso. Umzobo oyinyani weedolophu eziselunxwemeni wolulelwe nakweyiphi na inqanaba lentlalontle, elinamaqhina aqhelekileyo adibanisa amandla nelabafileyo, apho ubomi kuphela komcimbi wemali kunye nemali ingumbandela wamabhongo ogqithisileyo namandla.
Mhlawumbi amanye amatyala aya kusonjululwa, kodwa isisombululo kwiinoveli zikaJim Thompson zihlala zishiya incasa ebabayo, njengesiqingatha sobulungisa okanye ukuziphindezela njengokuphela kwenkqubo yezobulungisa.
Iincwadi ezi-3 eziphezulu ezicetyiswayo zikaJim Thompson
Imiphefumlo engama-1280
Le ncwadana ininzi kuloo ngcamango yeendawo ezinkulu ezivulekileyo, zeendawo ezizolileyo, njenge-chicha ezolileyo eyenza isivunguvungu esikumema ukuba uqhubeke ufunda. Inkangeleko ye- UNick Corey, uSheriff wePotts County yandisa loo ngcamango yokuqala yokuzola.
Kude kube siqala ukubona indlela oomatshini bohlobo lokuhlala bengumthetho phambi kwabemi besixeko abayi-1.280. UNick ukholelwa ekubeni kuphela kwakhe onokuqhubeka nokugcina ucwangco oluyimfuneko kwaye nakuphi na ukuphazamiseka kuya kuba ngumceli mngeni. Kude kube uNick ethathe isigqibo sokuthatha imicimbi ezandleni zakhe kwaye enze ngokufihlakeleyo ukuze aqhubeke nomsebenzi wakhe.
Xa kufikwa ekukhetheni uSheriff, uNick Corey uyazi ukuba kufuneka nje ajongane novukelo olunokwenzeka ukuze wonke umntu amthembe kwakhona. Umntu ophikisanayo noNothimba walatha kwisikweko sikatata wombhali.
Kwaye inyani kukuba lo mbandela wokuziphatha kwabantu ucinga ukuba yinto eqaqambileyo, engafunekiyo, nenobungqina ephela iguqulelwa kwinoveli yolwaphulo-mthetho.
Umbulali ngaphakathi kum
Ukuba uyithandile imiphefumlo engama-1280, le noveli ibhalwe kwiminyaka emininzi eyadlulayo ikwasetiwe kwiimeko ezifanayo. Inokuba iphinde ibe yinoveli kwinxalenye yokunika imbeko kuyise, uSheriff onesandla esinzima somthetho wakhe kunye nesandla esithambileyo salo lonke ubuqhetseba obusemthethweni obunokuthi bufumane inzuzo yakhe. Sahamba saya eCentral City, eTexas.
Oyena mntu uphetheyo ekuphumezeni umthetho nguLou Ford, usheriff owayebonakala ngathi uphelelwe lixesha, uhlawuliswe ngokunyanzelisa ukuba nomoya kwinjongo yokugqibela yomthetho. Kuphela nguLou Ford ohlala enetyala lakhe elidala, isazela sokubulala esamkhokelela ekubeni abulale iminyaka emininzi eyadlulayo.
Kungenzeka ukuba uLou wahlutha, okanye mhlawumbi kwakuyi-latency psychopathy ebonakala ngathi ifuna ukungena kwakhona kwi-Lou's consciousness. Irhamncwa linokugcinwa okwexeshana, kodwa ekugqibeleni lihlala liphuma ngaphezulu.
Ukusuka kwindawo yakhe njengommeli womthetho, irhamncwa lakhe langaphakathi liya kufumana izizathu zokusebenzisa isishwankathelo sobulungisa kuninzi lwabamelwane bakhe ... Kwaye kubonakala ngathi akukho nto inokumthintela.
Nyana wengqumbo
Inoveli yamva nje ebhalwe nguJim Thompson ndlelantle ngomnyango wangaphambili. Masibone ... andifuni ukuthi yeyona noveli yakhe ibalaseleyo, kodwa inkohlakalo, ukreqo nokuba, ubundlobongela obungafakwanga kwisigqibo kunye nenqaku lokuphazamiseka kwengqondo okubuhlungu njengesiseko sobubi yingxoxo yokubhabhayisa njenge-toast ye-disenchantment.
UAllen yinkwenkwe emnyama eyamkelwe ngumfazi omhlophe ongazange afune ukuba ngumama kodwa afumane umntu ongenakuzenzela nto anokuphalaza kuye inzondo yakhe.
Ewe, u-Allen, nje ukuba asinde njengomntu omdala phantsi kolawulo lukanina, uba sisilo ngaphandle kokucoca ulwelo, umbulali okhohlakeleyo ngokugqwesa, umntu ongenandawo yokuziphatha kumphefumlo wakhe egqunywe lilizwe elinenkohlakalo.
Ibali elinzima elingasoloko lithandwa kodwa ekugqibeleni linomdla kubalandeli abakhulu belo hlobo kunye nabo banomdla kulo mbhali.
