David Grann

He realizes that Christian Bala is out of the country.

So he has to be a little bit careful about the way he investigates.

He doesn't want to tip anyone off.

And he begins to read about him and try to learn about him.

One of the things he does is he learns that he was this kind of very young, bright philosopher student.

Had been the equivalent of his valedictorian in high school.

Had gotten a scholarship to get a PhD in philosophy, which he eventually dropped out of in order to work.

He had been married, although was now divorced.

He had a child.

And he had also written a novel called Amok.

And he begins to read through the novel.

At first, almost kind of casually, almost out of curiosity, is who is this person?

How can I learn about him?

And the novel is a bit of a shock to him.

I mean, Jacek is a very kind of straightforward person, very Catholic, very strong kind of view of good and evil.

And the book is very blasphemous.

It's very creepy.

It's very sadistic.

It's pornographic.

It's very, very postmodern.