Umcabango osindayo wokuthi wehlulekile kothile ungatatazelisa ekukhanyeni ngezehlakalo ezilandelayo ezizayo. Ungahle ungabi necala ngokuphelele lokuthi yonke into ihambe kabi kakhulu, kepha ukweqiwa kwakho kwaba yingozi.
Lowo ngumbono ozungeze umfundi wale noveli ngokushesha nje lapho iqala ngamakhasi okuqala. Uhlobo lwecala elingaqondile, ebelingagwenywa ukube uTom wafinyelela kuBob Ardlan, owayengumukhwe wakhe. Ngoba kungekudala ngemuva kwalolo cingo uBob wagcina ngokuzishaya phansi phansi kuvulandi wendlu yakhe.
Kepha-ke, uTom wayethandana nentombazane ebabazekayo, noma okungenani wayezama, futhi ukukhonza owayengubaba kulezo zimo kwakusabangela amahloni.
Lapho ngiqala ukufunda le noveli, ngakhumbula imisebenzi yokugcina ye- ULuca D´andrea, USandrone Dazieri noma of U-Andrea Camilleri. Futhi ngicabange lokhu incwadi «Ihlobo eliyinqaba likaTom Harvey», ngeqiniso nje lokuthi lalithuthukiswa e-Italy, lalizokwakha i-hodgepodge yalaba babhali abathathu bohlobo olufanayo.
Ubandlululo Damn! Ngokushesha ngakuqonda ukuthi okwakwaMikel yilokho okushiwo yizwi lalo futhi elihlukanisiwe ngokuvamile. Yize uhlobo olumnyama luhlala lunikeza ama-wink abiwe, okwenziwa uMikel yincwadi enhle emnyama, ukuyibiza ngandlela thile.
Kukhona ukubulala, kukhona ukungqubuzana (ngaphakathi nangaphandle komlingiswa), kukhona uphenyo nemfihlakalo, kepha ngandlela thile, indlela abalingiswa bakaMikel abahamba ngayo ngesakhiwo sabo esixhumene kahle idlulisa ubuhle obukhethekile esenzweni esisheshayo nesinembile ukuthi uyakwazi gcwalisa izincazelo kusuka ngaphakathi komlingiswa kuye ngaphandle nangaphandle kuye ngaphakathi. Uhlobo lwe-symbiosis yomlingiswa wesigcawu okungenzeka awutholanga kwabanye ababhali. Angazi noma ngiyazichaza yini. Engikucacelayo ngukuthi, uma ungabaza, awukwazi ukuyeka ukuyifunda.
Manje usungathenga incwadi ethi "The Strange Case of Tom Harvey", inoveli yakamuva kaMikel Santiago, lapha:
1 ukuphawula ku- "Ihlobo eliyinqaba likaTom Harvey, nguMikel Santiago"