"Lacking a tradition of investigative poetry in their cultures, Bolano and Sebald had to invent their own detectives. All this is neatly presented in his textbook for teaching Investigative Creative Writing. His working syllabus defines ICW as "a free-based collage that incorporates data, history, politics, images, quotes, references, and other bits of textual information, all bound together by a biased sense of humor"; a form good for "investigating monsters in our midst." The prehistoric snout he uses for poking into old business"--.