Ngezikhathi ezithile akukubi nakancane ukuhlolisisa inoveli yabaseshi yakudala, uhlobo olukwenza ucabange ngecala njenge-labyrinth, nalapho ukukhanya komseshi osemsebenzini kukhanye kuwe njengokungathi ungumuntu okhohlisayo.
Amanoveli amakhulu wabaphenyi kufanele akuvuse ingqondo, akumangaze ngawo wonke ama-twist amasha, futhi lolu hlobo alutshalwa kabanzi ngalowo mqondo oqinile kulezi zinsuku. Kuyoba udaba lwezidingo zokuhlela, noma ukuthambekela okuphawuleka kakhulu kunoveli yobugebengu, lapho izikhathi eziningi ukuzijabulisa kokufa nobudlova kubanda kakhulu kunophenyo lwecala ngokwalo.
Angiqondile ngalokhu ukuthi kulokhu incwadi Icala lokugcina likaPhilip Trent hamba uthole i-Poirot entsha, i-Lord Peter Wimsey noma i-Sherlock Holmes. Ngokuphambene nalokho. Le ncwadi inephuzu lokuhlukana nohlobo. Nakuba kuphela engxenyeni ethinta umlingiswa oyinhloko, umphenyi. Nakuba u-EC Bentley ezwakalise ukukhathala kwemibhalo emanovelini kaConnan Doyle, iqiniso liwukuthi, ekugcineni, wagcina ephindaphinda lokho kunambitheka ngokubandakanyeka komfundi kundida yecala.
Umehluko omkhulu-ke ukuthi ngubani ophethe icala. Kulokhu sigxile kuPhilip Trent, umdwebi womsebenzi kanye nomshisekeli wocwaningo (uhlobo lwe-quixote yangaleso sikhathi). Ngaleyo ndlela, uvame ukuzifaka emacaleni okubulala, agcine esethuthukisa isipho esihle semininingwane nokubanjwa.
Lapho uSigsbee Manderson, isazi saseMelika esinamandla, etholakala ebulewe epulazini lakhe, uPhilip uqala ukuthola izici amaphoyisa angazinakanga kodwa ezidalula kuyena kakhulu okungenzeka ukuthi kwenzekile.
Bese kuthi le Quixote encane yophenyo iqale ukucacisa icala. Indlela yakhe ngeke ibe lula, akekho ozomlalela. Kodwa uFiliphu ubona ngokucacile ukuthi ngeke aphele amandla. Naphezu kwazo zonke izithiyo, izogcina ikhombise umhlaba ukuthi kwenzekani ngempela kumufi.
Ungathenga incwadi Icala lokugcina likaPhilip Trent, inoveli enkulu ka-EC Bentley, lapha: