Indoda evela ezindabeni zethelevishini ukuthi uVicente Vallés ungowababukeli abaningi, ifika nenoveli engase yethulwe njengendaba yamanje ngokugcwele okuzoqala ngayo isihloko sezindaba emsebenzini. Ngoba indaba imayelana neRussia kanye naleyo mpi ekhandlayo ebandayo eqhutshwa namuhla nhlangothi zombili zamakhethini ensimbi abonakala ewa esiteji sezwe lanamuhla. Njengohlelo olumnyama olwenziwe kusuka kwenye inoveli ye Le Carre.
Ngo-1922, ukuzalwa komntwana eNew York kuzoshintsha umlando wezwe ngemva kwekhulu leminyaka. Idizayini yezinsizakalo zezobunhloli zaseSoviet yaleyo ngane icebo lobunhloli elinesibindi kunawo wonke owake wawacabanga. Ngemva kweminyaka embalwa, uLavrenti Beria, isikhulu samaphoyisa amaBolshevik esomele igazi, uzokwethula lolu hlelo kuStalin, ozothatha lolu hlelo futhi aluguqule lube umsebenzi womuntu siqu futhi oyimfihlo kakhulu, exwayisa umabi wakhe ngokuthile okubaluleke kakhulu: ayikwazi ukuphuma esandleni. Kuzoba yi Ukusebenza Kazan.
Akekho u-Beria noma u-Stalin ozophila ukuze abone ukuthi lo mfana owazalwa emashumini amabili eminyaka edlule eNew York, futhi osephenduke inhloli, uqeda kanjani iphrojekthi yakhe yokuvelela, engasasebenzi amashumi eminyaka.
Kakade ezinsukwini zethu, ukukhuphuka kwamandla eMoscow kwe-ejenti ye-KGB enganeliseki futhi enganaki kuzophinde kuqalise i-Operation Kazan, ukucekela phansi iNtshonalanga futhi kubuyisele iRussia esikhundleni samandla amakhulu. Kodwa ingabe izophumelela? Ngabe umholi waseRussia uzofinyelela umgomo wakhe wangempela wokulawula i-United States esuka eKremlin? Ingabe umyalo kaStalin uzofezwa noma uzophuma esandleni?
Abalingiswa be-Operation Kazan basuka kuNguquko YaseRussia ngo-1917 baya okhethweni lwaseMelika lwekhulu lama-1989, bedlula ezintweni ezesabekayo zeMpi Yezwe Yesibili, ukufika kweNormandy, iMpi Yomshoshaphansi, ukuwa koDonga LwaseBerlin ngo-90, ukuwa koDonga LwaseBerlin ngo-XNUMX. yemibuso yamaKhomanisi ngeminyaka yawo-XNUMX kanye nokugxambukela kwamanje kweRussia emibusweni yentando yeningi yaseNtshonalanga. Iyiphi indima ezodlalwa yizinhloli ezisencane uTeresa Fuentes, ovela ku-CNI yaseSpain, kanye noPablo Perkins, ovela ku-CIA, esigabeni esinqumayo saleli tulo?
Manje usungathenga inoveli ethi “Operación Kazán”, kaVicente Vallés lapha:
