U-Nick Cave yilowo mlingiswa we-multiscenic owandulela omunye umculi nombhali oguquguqukayo UJo Nesbo, ngokubheka ireferensi edume kakhulu ezindabeni zemibhalo.
Kodwa U-Nick Cave ngaphezu kwakho konke ungumbhali ongafuna ngempela ukuba nguBob Dylan. Ngoba uma uDylan ethathwa njengomqambi womculo ongcono kunoMgede, ngakolunye uhlangothi, uMgede ungumbhali ongcono kakhulu kunoDylan oklonyeliswe ngendondo kaNobel ngenxa yokunganeliseki kwezinganekwane.
Kule noveli ungabona lowo mxoxi wezindaba ohlakaniphile ondiza phezu kombhali uDylan, emsibekela endalweni yakhe ye-labyrinthine njenge-Tarantula. Impela asitholi kule ncwadi umsebenzi ojwayelekile wohlobo olusobala. Kodwa umusa usekulawuleni ukweluka isenzo esisuka emuzweni wokuba buhlungu njengoba kuhlekisa njengoba sicabanga ngakho. Lena yindlela abalingiswa abangajwayelekile abagcina bedlulele ngayo, bagcine sebelingisa ngezinto zethu ezifihlekile ezifihlwe njengempilo yansuku zonke.
I-Euchrid Eucrow, ingumkhiqizo wezizukulwane ezimbalwa ezizalanayo zabathengi be-brandy. Ngokukhubazeka ngokomzimba kanye nesimungulu kusukela ekuzalweni, kodwa enokuzwela okungajwayelekile, akufihla ngaphansi kwesibindi esizwelayo nesingapheli: uhlala emphakathini ongawodwa wabalimi bomoba obuswa ihlelo lenkolo eliqinile nelingavamile, Ukulites.
Enqotshwe ama-manias kanye nokuthatheka, kwesinye isikhathi okwesabisayo futhi kwesinye isikhathi okuhlekisayo, kamama onyantisayo kanye nobaba ophazamisekile engqondweni, kanye nokugconwa njalo kwawo wonke umphakathi, u-Euchrid ufunda ukuthola isiphephelo ezweni elingelakhe, lelo inhliziyo yedolobha, ixhaphozi emaphethelweni edolobha.
Kodwa ngisho naleyo ndawo yokukhosela ephephile uyenqatshelwa, futhi lapho umuzwa wakhe wesizungu nentukuthelo igcina isichithekela kumkhohlisi ongenacala kodwa onelungelo, owamukelwa phakathi komphakathi wase-Ukulite, u-Euchrid kancane kancane ucwila ekuzikhohliseni nasekuhlanyeni, afinyelele umvuthwandaba esenzweni esiletha impindiselo esabekayo yesigodi phansi phezu kwakhe.
Yize bekuyinoveli yokuqala newukuphela kwayo kuze kube manje yomculi we-pop wase-Australia u-Nick Cave, ilungu elisungule leqembu le-rock elidumile elithi "The Birthday Party" neqembu lakhe lamanje elithi "The Bad Seeds" kanye nomhlanganyeli womculo womqondisi waseJalimane u-Wim Wenders efilimini yakhe. "Isibhakabhaka phezu kweBerlin"; Indaba ka-Euchrid, nezindinyana zayo ezidumile-zebhayibheli, izimangaliso zayo, imibono, kanye nokuhlehla okujulile, iwumdlalo wamahlaya we-macabre, ohlabayo ojulile, oklanywe ngokumangalisayo, futhi obhalwe ngendlela emangalisayo.
Manje usungathenga uhlelo lwakamuva lwethi "Futhi imbongolo yabona ingelosi", ka-Nick Cave, lapha: