In a true story that would make a great plot for a novel that was about a true story, a Polish mystery writer is facing murder charges for allegedly committing the real torture-murder that he fictionalized in his grotesque best-seller "Amok" (pictured at left).My head hurts already.
When cops realized that the murder described in author Krystian Bala's novel matched the actual facts of a grisly murder in Wroclaw, Poland, they busted the author. The author, claiming he merely used newspaper accounts of the killing to write his story, passed a lie detector test and was actually halfway around the world at the time of the murder. But investigators found that the victim had been involved with Bala's estranged wife, and that Bala himself had sold a cell phone exactly like the victim's missing phone four days after the crime.
Even better, the lead investigator is a detective named Jacek Wroblewski. Can you just see the the book-jacket now: "A Jacek Wroblewski Mystery." That's better than Stephanie Plum!
Now this whole life-art-life puzzle would make a great book, wouldn't it? A novelist writes about another novelist who might have committed a murder and then fictionalized it. Then somebody could tell the story of how it happened, and it would be an author writing about a novelist who write about another novelist who might have committed a murder and then fictionalized it.
My head still hurts.
2 comments:
I have a degree in Criminology and basically only read real crime - or non ficton books (maybe someone attacked by a bear?!). I am 39, a corporate woman and, well, I believe - totally normal. The reason I read these books is 10% fascination from a sociological level (what kink of society produces this, what were they thinking..) but mostly because I too was a victim of crime and when I read these books I am trying to understand the victim's thoughts, and how thy reacted, so I compare them to my experience. I believe more woman are attacked than reported, and therefore reading how this happens to others, you try to understand how YOU reacted, and look to them as mentors of how you too can survive. That is why women read true crime over men. They want to understand their role as victim, and compare themselves with the victim (was her's worse, am I weak, how does she live..?), while also hoping to understand the predator (it wasnt me, I couldnt do anything different..) We carry the guilt as Becky - even though it was not her fault, and we need vindification of this. We need to know survivors can move on. I hope this helps.
I have a degree in Criminology and basically only read real crime - or non ficton books (maybe someone attacked by a bear?!). I am 39, a corporate woman and, well, I believe - totally normal. The reason I read these books is 10% fascination from a sociological level (what kink of society produces this, what were they thinking..) but mostly because I too was a victim of crime and when I read these books I am trying to understand the victim's thoughts, and how thy reacted, so I compare them to my experience. I believe more woman are attacked than reported, and therefore reading how this happens to others, you try to understand how YOU reacted, and look to them as mentors of how you too can survive. That is why women read true crime over men. They want to understand their role as victim, and compare themselves with the victim (was her's worse, am I weak, how does she live..?), while also hoping to understand the predator (it wasnt me, I couldnt do anything different..) We carry the guilt as Becky - even though it was not her fault, and we need vindification of this. We need to know survivors can move on. I hope this helps.
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