“Grann’s theme is the quest for darkness in its broadest form. Sometimes that quest is literal, as when he follows two men who spend their lives probing the ocean’s depths in search of giant squid. More often, the quest is metaphorical, as the writer introduces us to men and women—mostly men—who are obsessed with the dark side of life.”
Bezalel Stern reviews New Yorker contributor David Grann’s The Devil and Sherlock Holmes: Tales of Murder, Madness, and Obsession.
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