I can't find any reference to a ripped out page left in a hotel room. What is this about?
He left behind in his room a yellowed and folded page from a book by Jon Burmeister, a South African writer of thrillers who died in 2001.
The page carries a short prose poem titled "The War That Wasn't." It describes a man named Jericho, who is awakened by machine-gun fire, "his heart hammering thunderously against the ribcage as though trying to escape."
The poem ends: "What the hell was happening? God knows, he thought. But it seemed clear that the war had arrived -- the war that wasn't coming here . . ."
Jon Burmeister seems to have written political thrillers and science fiction, although I have no idea what his politics were. It's odd that Berg would have left behind something he had clearly carried around with him for some time, if it was yellowed and folded.