Umbhali obhala ngomunye umbhali. Izincwadi ezinolwazi. Umsebenzi wokwenza imibhalo olula ukuze kuzuze UMichael Innes, owasishiya ngo-1994.
Amahlaya eceleni, lokho i- incwadi Misa imishini! isethula inhlanganisela ethokozisayo yamahlaya nenjabulo. Inhlanganisela enzima, awucabangi? Ihlaya elimnyama, eline-acid yilokho elinakho, lihambisana nakho konke.
Umbhali ogama lakhe linguRichard Eliot uphila ngokunethezeka ngenxa yamanoveli akhe abaseshi lapho umlingisi ogama lakhe linguSpider, isigebengu esiyinkimbinkimbi lapho zikhona, ephuma engenamyocu ezinkulungwaneni eziyizinkulungwane ezilungiselelwa ukumbamba. Kuphela lapho iSicabucabu sikwazi ukuqondisa kabusha ukusebenza kwaso lapho sivumelana khona namaphoyisa ngokuhlanganiswa kwaso emphakathini, nesinxephezelo okuvunyelwene ngaso.
Kepha, ngesinye isikhathi, leyo nganekwane yeqa iqiniso eliseduze lombhali uRichard Eliot ukucasula yonke into. Ngayo le modus operandi yeSpider, eyenza wonke umuntu angabaze ukulingiswa noma ngqo ukweqa okuvela ezinganekwaneni, umlingiswa uya eqinisweni ukuveza esenzweni sakhe ngasinye umphakathi owonakele ugxile ekubukekeni. ISicabucabu siyisigebengu ngemuva komkhondo waso esikhipha okubi kakhulu kulezo okuthiwa zingaphezulu.
Izimo ngandlela thile ze-surreal zenzeka kuleli cala elihlukile lokuphindaphindeka komlingiswa oqanjiwe. Njalo lapho kuvela abalingiswa abayinqaba kakhulu abavusa amahlaya nobunzima kumfundi ojabule ukuhamba phakathi kwemfihlakalo nozungu ngalolo lwazi olufihlekile lwamahlaya abuhlungu. Umsebenzi wokubhala osekube yinhlekisa njalo ngokuziphatha okulindelekile lapho imiphefumulo emibi kakhulu, amadoda nabesifazane abakhulu abahamba emhlabeni, befihla ukuphakama kwabo.
Manje usungathenga incwadi ethi Misa Imishini !, inoveli emnandi kaMichael Innes, lapha: