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The Secret Agent influenced the Unabomber—Ted Kaczynski; he was a great fan and as an adolescent kept a copy at his bedside. He identified strongly with the character of "The Professor" and advised his family to read The Secret Agent to understand the character with whom he felt such an affinity.
- Joseph Conrad
- 1907
May 27, 2016 · Throughout his life, Kaczynski has been obsessed with one book - The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad. He has read it dozens of times and kept a copy in his cabin in Montana.
May 14, 2018 · David had asked the FBI to keep his role in the investigation a secret, but the information was leaked to Dan Rather, then of CBS News. Unabomber Arrested
Jul 9, 1996 · In "The Secret Agent," the Polish-born author created a character, the Professor, who wants to destroy an observatory he sees as a symbol of science. If Kaczynski did indeed draw from...
Jul 9, 1996 · Federal agents say they believe that Kaczynski, 54, used "Conrad" or "Konrad" as an alias on at least three occasions while staying at a hotel in Sacramento where he allegedly went to mail...
- Serge F. Kovaleski
Oct 25, 2018 · After David Kaczynski provided a writing sample to the FBI that was highly similar to the bomber’s manifesto, agents arrested Ted Kaczynski near Lincoln, Montana on April 3, 1996.
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The Secret Agent— possibly Ted’s favorite novel (he professes to have read it at least a dozen times) is of special interest, for it features a bomb-making terrorist known only as “the Professor.” Resentful to the bone, the Professor is a man whose only belief is that people have treated him “with revolting injustice.”
