Victim of ExcellenceKhan Uzma stroked his beard. The third way is to have him do something he would never have thought himself capable of doing something abhorrent. It must destroy the way he thinks about himself. And, in this moment of change, when the old self has been destroyed, one reaches in and grasps the naked soul. Thus begins the descent of Dr. Elial Kirsch, from a sunny New England hospital to the dark tribal north of Pakistan. In probing a mysterious death,