UQuirke wayengumlingiswa owadlula evela kumanoveli ka UJohn banville kuthelevishini yonkana i-UK. Ukunqoba okumangalisayo okuyimfihlo yayo ukuhlonipha ukulungiselelwa okuyingqayizivele lo mbhali, ngaphansi kwe- mbumbulu kaBenjamin Black, sekuneminyaka inikela abafundi bayo.
Yonke inoveli yobugebengu idinga umuntu ohamba ngentambo ohamba ngokukhathazeka phakathi kokuhle nokubi. UQuirke uyazi uhlangothi olonakele kakhulu lomphakathi, kepha uyazi ukuthi akuyona nje into ebonakalisa izimo eziphakeme kakhulu, lapho izakhamizi ezidumile nezikhazimulayo zehla ngezikhathi ezithile ziye esihogweni zisakaze ngentokozo yazo bonke ububi obulawula imiphefumulo yabo. .
Endabeni incwadi Izithunzi zikaQuirke, konke okuyingxenye yokuzibulala okusobala ngemuva kwesondo lemoto. Isikhulu esigcwele impilo kubonakala sengathi sithathe isinqumo sokuphuma endleleni. Kepha kuhlale kunokuthile okuvaliwe ngokungafanele kukho konke ukubulala, kube sengathi uNkulunkulu uyangenelela ngawo wonke umzuzu ukuphindisela ukuhlukunyezwa komuntu obulala enye indoda, edlula amandla oMdali okunikela nokuthatha impilo.
Mhlawumbe sengiphenduke i-rimbonbante ngokweqile ... kepha futhi ukuthi futhi inkolo, noma labo abayiphetheyo, baneqhaza labo phakathi kwezinkolelo zokuziphatha kanye ne-macabre.
UQuirke ukholelwa ukuthi uqonde eqinisweni, kuze kube lelo qiniso liqala ukusabalala kuye, ekujuleni kobuntu bakhe. Yilapho yonke into iqhuma khona, futhi isixazululo secala singaba ukutholwa okukhulu kakhulu.
Ungathenga incwadi Izithunzi zikaQuirke, Inoveli yakamuva kaBenjamin Black, lapha:
1 ukuphawula ku- "The Shadows of Quirke, nguBenjamin Black"