The Mastermind
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- Юрий Белкановhas quoted5 years ago
Once, sitting on a plane next to a relative, he pulled out his tablet to show off something. “He got all flustered and shy, and wanted me to see his ‘greatest achievement,’ ” the relative said. “It was an article written by him for some travel magazine. I read it and was astounded, it was really good.” Le Roux told them he’d been submitting stories under pseudonyms for years without success. “He wanted to be a writer.It was his greatest ambition.” - Юрий Белкановhas quoted5 years agoI’d like to claim that this was some kind of linear process, a journalist-turned-detective expertly following a trail of breadcrumbs down the path to the secret lair. But, in truth, people and stories came to me scattershot, and I found myself constantly circling back to reevaluate some fact that I’d been told before. I piled up puzzle pieces and then sifted through them, seeking connections, and then set out to pile up some more.
- Юрий Белкановhas quoted5 years agoHe’d had good parents, after all. But something about his name being listed as “unknown” on the certificate seemed to haunt him. “She could have put down any name,” he told the relative. “But she put ‘unknown.’ ” Years later, the relative would remember the discovery as the moment when something changed. “I have always felt that was a main driving point in his life. He needed to be someone, be known.”
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