Xa UBenjamin Mnyama yazisa UJohn banville ukuba isavenge esilandelayo seQuirke siza kwenzeka kumdlalo bhanyabhanya obalaseleyo I-Donosti, Ndandingacingi ukuba ungaphumelela kangakanani lo mbandela. Kuba akukho nto ilunge ngakumbi kunengoma yophuhliso lwesakhiwo esigcwele umahluko njengeSan Sebastián uqobo, Ngokukhawuleza ifafazwe ngombala wayo omhlophe ngeentsuku ezilungileyo ngequbuliso zitshona kwizithunzi ezigqibela zivukela ulwandle lwayo.
Utsaliwe ngumfazi wakhe obalulekileyo uEvelyn eholideyini eya eSan Sebastian, ugqirha wezifo uQuirke uyeke msinyane ukudakumba nokudakumba eDublin ukuqala ukonwabela ukuhamba, imozulu elungileyo, ulwandle kunye txakoli.
Nangona kunjalo, Konke oku kuzola kunye ne-hedonism kuyaphazamiseka xa ingozi ehlekisayo imsa kwisibhedlele sedolophu. Kuyo udibana nebhinqa laseIreland eliqhelene naye ngendlela engaqhelekanga, de ekugqibeleni acinge ukuba uyamazi njengelishwa ibhinqa eliselula, umhlobo wentombi yakhe uFibhi.
Ukuba inkumbulo, okanye ukusebenzisa kakubi utywala, musa ukudlala iqhinga kuye, iya kuba ngu-Epreli Latimer, ekuthiwa wabulawa- nangona umzimba wakhe ungazange ufunyanwe-ngumzalwana wakhe ophazamisekileyo ngexesha lophando olubi apho uQuirke ngokwakhe wayebandakanyeke khona iminyaka eyadlulayo. Uqinisekile ukuba akabonanga moya, unyanzelisa ukuba uFibhi atyelele ilizwe laseBasque ukuze acoce ukungathandabuzeki.
Into ayihoywayo nguQuirke kukuba uya kukhatshwa ngu-Inspector Strafford, angamthandiyo kabukhali, kwaye, ngaphezulu, umntu oqaqambe kakhulu uza kuthatha uhambo olufanayo.
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