Pål Enger, art thief who stole ‘The Scream,’ dies at 57 A note was left in place of Edvard Munch’s famous painting after the 1994 heist in Oslo: “Thanks for the poor security.” The ...

Enger, who didn’t receive a start on the mound until last Saturday, struck out three and allowed seven hits and two walks for Batavia (7-14-1, 4-6). He pumped strikes into the strike zone.

Even before he stole it, Pål Enger was haunted by “The Scream”. A boy from a violent home, he stood in front of Edvard Munch’s 1893 painting and felt it spoke to him, that pale figure ...

Enger’s novel begins when Gretta Pope awakens one morning to discover her husband is gone. It’s 1886, and Ulysses Pope has left his family behind on Minnesota’s Western prairie. Soon after, Gretta’s ...