Ngubani owayezokucabanga? Ngokwakhe UDaniel Silva, ingxube yabanduleli bakhe kuhlobo lwe-Yankee espionage (ubuhle be UPatricia Highsmith namandla we URobert Ludlum), ume futhi wadla endaweni yaseSpain ukuze ahambe nenoveli yakhe yakamuva yamazwe omhlaba wonke.
Ukusuka ekuphumeni okunokuthula eCádiz sithola esinye salezi zindawo lapho okwedlule abalingisi abagcina bebuyele khona ukuzolungisa amaphuzu amadala. Ngoba uma usungaphakathi kwendawo enodaka yobunhloli bamazwe omhlaba, awusoze wakhululeka ngokuphelele, hhayi eCadiz noma eTimbuktu.
Kepha esimweni se-protagonist eyindida ethokozela impilo yakhe emnandi yezokungcebeleka eningizimu yeSpain, uphethe ukusho lokho okwedlule ngaphandle kokukala imiphumela (noma abafisela yona ngasizathu simbe esisinda ekuqaleni).
I-biography yale ntokazi, isiFulentshi ukuba neqiniso, yethulwa esikhathini esidlule lapho yabhekana khona nenhlekelele yakhe ngeqiniso elilula lokuthandana nomunye walabo bafana abahamba ngentambo, inhloli eyathutha ukuthunywa futhi ukuthi untengantenge nesithandwa sakhe, kwaze kwaba sezingeni lokukhulelwa indodana ekugcineni ethathwe.
Akumangazi-ke ukuthi lo wesifazane ufuna ukuziphindiselela ngemicimbi nanamuhla eyeba ubuthongo bakhe nokuthi ufuna ukubeka isinqumo sokugcina esiseleni sempilo yakhe.
Uyazi ukuthi akubhalayo kuzofafaza iSoviet Union ebikwazi ukungena ngokungaphezulu kunempimpi okuyisithembi esiyisisekelo sephrojekthi yesikhathi eside lapho, uma inhloli igcina izuze ukwethenjwa yizitha zezwe laseRussia, izindlalifa we-KGB angagcina ngokunqoba umhlaba ngendlela ethule kakhulu.
Ubufakazi bowesifazane oyimfihlakalo bufinyelela kuGabriel Allon, umlingiswa osevele eyisifanekiselo sikaSilva, ngemuva kwakhe umthunzi weMossad uhlala njalo. Umsebenzi kaGabriel uzogxila ekwembuleni lowo ongenayo ovela eRussia omnyama kakhulu osondela ngokuphela komsebenzi wakhe. Konke obekulindelwe kuye kufezekile futhi manje usekusele kancane ukunqoba umhlaba ...
Indaba exhumanisa izinsuku ezithokozisayo (okungenani buqamama), zeMpi Yomshoshaphansi, nezinsuku ezithile ezintsha zamanje ezikhomba lobo budlelwane obubandayo bezinhloso ezimnyama nezintshisekelo eziphambene nhlangothi zombili zomhlaba.
Manje usungathenga inoveli ethi The Other Woman, incwadi entsha kaDaniel Silva, lapha: