Nge-tinge enjengempi, i- umbhali wale noveli isinikeza ngendaba eyingqayizivele, esondele kohlobo lombhali uqobo lwayo, futhi iphinde yakhishwa ngamalebula ahlukene selokhu yashicilelwa okokuqala ngo-1997.
Isakhiwo okukhulunywa ngaso sizungeze i- ukuphunyuka kwabashayeli bezindiza ababili baseNgilandi phakathi neMpi Yezwe II. La malungu amabili eRAF abulawa maphakathi nendiza kepha ayakwazi ukusinda awele enhlabathini yaseJalimane. Ngalesi sikhathi, le ndaba ifana ne-movie ethi We Were Never Angels kaSean Penn noRobert de Niro, lapho abalingisi abadumile badlale khona ukuphunyuka kabili ejele laseCanada. Ukuphunyuka okufanayo phakathi kwemvelo yeqhwa enezingxoxo ezifanayo nephuzu elithile laleyo mahlaya abiwe phakathi kwalezi zindaba zombili ezizokwanda phakathi nale ngxenye yokuqala yendaba.
Ukubuyela kule noveli, iphuzu ukuthi endizeni yakhe, UBryan noJames bathola enye indlela, ukudlula njengokugula okumiselwe isitimela seRed Cross. Abebengakwazi ukuthi lesi sitimela besiphethe amasosha aseJalimane. UBryan noJames bathatha ubunikazi bamaphoyisa amabili ama-SS, isiphetho sabo esingaziwa sigcina ngokuba yi-The House of the Alphabet, isibhedlela sabagula ngengqondo lapho kufanele baqhubeke nokuthola ukuwohloka komqondo, ngaphandle kokwazi ukuthi yiziphi izindlela zokwelashwa abangabhekana nazo futhi mhlawumbe nokubeka izimpilo zabo kakhulu kunanoma iyiphi enye indlela ethathiwe. Yilapho siguqula khona ifilimu bese siya eShutter Island yaseScorsese, nalelo doti elimnyama ngokuphelele ngobuhlanya.
Endaweni emnyama, ezungezwe ngamabika amabi, abashayeli bezindiza abancane nabangane bazothola ukuthi mhlawumbe akubona bodwa abazenza abagula ngengqondo. Isinqumo sesithathiwe futhi nezimo ezidalwe yisinqumo sabo sokungena kulolololiwe zizokwethulwa kubo ngendlela engalindelekile, phakathi kwehlaya le-asidi nomuzwa okhathazekile lapho bengazi ukuthi bazohlala isikhathi esingakanani lapho, uma bazokwazi ukubaleka, uma bezokwazi ukuqhubeka nokwabelana ngezimfihlo zabo zokuhlala benengqondo.
Babalekile, bathatha isinqumo sabo ngokuxhamazela futhi manje bathemba nje ukuthi bangabalekela lapho.
Manje usungathenga incwadi ethi The House of the Alphabet, umsebenzi omuhle wombhali uJusii Adler Olsen, lapha:
1 ukuphawula ku- "The House of the Alphabet, nguJussi Adler Olsen"