I-protagonist yale noveli, eyashicilelwa okokuqala ngo-1968, nguBilly Casper. Kepha kukhona omunye uBilly ongasebenza njengesethenjwa sokuthola lo mfana waseNgilandi odangele ezimayini, nguBilly Elliot, lowo mfana ozinikele ekudanseni ngeminyaka yama-80s.
Bobabili bangabomunye waleyo miphakathi yezimayini, bobabili bayalahlwa ngokungafani. Kodwa-ke, uCasper omdala omuhle uyisimo esibi kakhulu. Akukhona ukuthi uBilly kule noveli akakwazi ukudansa ngoba uzibona engamfanele umuntu wesilisa, into yakhe ukuthi uphefumula kanzima esikhaleni esiseceleni lapho unina angamnaki khona, umfowabo wamshaya ngokushesha nje lapho ephuza kancane utshwala, abangane bakhe bamenza waba yize futhi esikoleni bayakunikela ngomphefumulo owodwa olahlekile.
Kepha ekugcineni, izindaba zamaBillys ngandlela thile ziyahlangana futhi. Phakathi kosizi, ukudumazeka, isizungu nomunyu wobuntwana obunonya, kuhlala kujabulisa ukubona indoda encane ishiya, ibalekela ukucasuka okuningi.
NoBilly Casper sihlangabezana nokuthula kwakhe okumsonga abe ubuntu obumnyama nobubi, ogcwele ukungaqondi nenzondo. Kuze kuqhamuke isigwedlo. UCasper omncane wenza ubudlelwano naleyo nyoni edlayo lapho ezolapha khona amanxeba akhe, lapho engaguqula khona ukwesaba nenzondo yakhe ukuze izincwadi eziqanjiwe ziphatheke ngokuzama ukusihlanganisa nomhlaba.
Umbuzo uthi ngabe, futhi, izimo zizomvumela yini uBilly Casper ukuthi andize phezu kweqiniso lakhe elibi. Noma uma, ngokuphambene nalokho, yonke into izophela ngomthofu wokumisa oklebe osheshayo ongena emhlabathini onzima.
Ungathenga incwadi kes, kwakuyini inoveli yesibili yombhali waseNgilandi ongasekho UBarry hines, lapha: