To begin with, I hate[2] novels which go in for[3] everlasting[4] parentheses of the hero’s past history; & also I hold that in telling a story you should tell as little as you can of what happened before without[5] explaining how they became like that; & altogether use the least number of words possible[6].
“Waxaan ula jeedaa, waa inaan sidii hore ee caadiga ahayd raacnaa oo 32 kooxood ah, laakiin waa in 48 kooxood ay qaybta hore ee tartanka ka qayb galaan”,