Kusondela eminyakeni yamashumi ayisishiyagalolunye, UJohn le Carré usenayo i-fuse yokuqhubeka nokwethula amanoveli akhe wezinhloli. Futhi iqiniso ukuthi kunqubo edingekayo yokuzivumelanisa nezikhathi zamanje, lo mbhali waseNgilandi akalahli iota yalowo mfutho obandayo weMpi Yomshoshaphansi njengesimo.
Ngoba iqiniso yilokho kanye lokho kuzwa kobudlelwano obubandayo phakathi kwamazwe aphikisayo, nezingozi zawo ezingokwemvelo, kuyasabalala namuhla ngaphansi kwengubo yezimakethe zomhlaba kanye nezintshisekelo zayo ze-sibylline.
Uma encwadini yakhe yangaphambilini «Ifa lezinhloli«, ULe Carré ubonakala egcina lelo phuzu lokuncibilika kwesakhiwo se-classic espionage, kule noveli singene ebunzimeni obunamandla kunabo bonke kubaphikisi abanezingwegwe zomlobi ojwayelekile.
Izinhloli, yebo. Noma okungenani abasebenzi beBritish Intelligence abanomuzwa wemvelo wezindlalifa zezinye izikhathi.
UNat, esemncane ukwenza noma yimuphi umsebenzi kodwa osevele ubuyile emsebenzini wakhe womphakathi, ubhekene nomsebenzi ongalindelekile wokuhlanganisa iqembu lezinhloli ezinze eLondon. Inhloso yiRussia entsha ngaphansi kobunhloli bezinhloli zayo ezuza ubuso obunamandla ngokwengeziwe ekwakhiweni kwemisinga yemibono ngenhloso yokuguqula isimo sezepolitiki emhlabeni.
Ithimba elisha likaNat libukeka lingafaneleki kahle ekusebenzeni kwezinhloli kwanamuhla. Ngaphandle kukaFlorence, ongaphumuli futhi olangazelela ukudalula noma yini esuka eMoscow.
Ngendlela efanayo lapho uLe Carré angabonakala ekhungathekiswe ezilinganisweni zomhlaba omusha, ngakho-ke kubhekwe ezinkingeni zamanethiwekhi, ama-node namaseva, uNat uthola kumngane wakhe osemncane wokukhathala ngaphesheya kwenetha le-badminton, abasha Hlela umuntu okhethekile.
Ngoba u-Ed, ebukhoneni bakhe obunethunzi, unalelo thuba lentsha engajabule kodwa ukwazi kakhulu ukuzibandakanya kunoma imuphi umgomo ohilela ukuguqula isimo sezinto ezijwayelekile, lawo ma-inertias ayingozi anjengeBrexit, noma ophikayo, osomathuba abathanda amathuba nabangakholelwa ezintweni ezithile.
UNat no-Ed, kanye noFlorence, bazokwakha elinye lamaqembu amakhulu okuthi, ngenxa yezimo ezingalindelekile, bakwazi ukufeza impumelelo enkulu ngale kwezinsizakalo ze-Intelligence uqobo. Ukubhekana, yebo, nezingozi ezingezansi kakhulu.
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