I put them in the freezer.

What?

Books which scare me. Or books I don't want to end. I put them in the freezer.

Seriously? I thought you were joking, that time when I was watching Girl Interrupted with Chrisie and we were scared. You came in, and said 'put it in the freezer'.

No. I actually do. There are two books in my freezer right now. One of them a Stephen King. Forgotten what the other is. When I moved out, I transported them in a tiefkühltruhe* to my new freezer.

(*Cold ice box thing in which people carry their picnic strawberries on a melting hot day. )

What if the power goes? Or you leave the door open a little bit, and the books defrost?

Oh God.

You need a battery-generated power supply for times of emergency.

Yes. Or I would burn them. I burn books I hate. Eva said, can I have that book back now please? And I said no. I've burnt it. She wasn't happy. But Gregor laughed.




Being a book is dangerous business these days.