Monday, November 22, 2010

A reading-in-the-bath disaster

Last night I got Andorra wet in the bath. I'd just bought it, and the edition is basically all-white, so the water marks aren't helping anything.

I don't even know how it got wet -- it was still 30-something degrees when I got into the bath with my G&T and the book, so there was barely enough water to submerge me, let alone the book. Fuck. And before you go blaming the gin, forget it. I'm an old, old hand at reading in the bath. I know what I'm doing. Ordinarily.

Anyway, here's the plan. Dry it out, then re-flatten between my concrete floor and my dictionaries. Any tips? Hints? Suggestions? Should I forget it and just set the thing on fire? Should I iron the pages?

I'm so careful with the books, really I am. I don't have to deal with this kind of eventuality too often. Any help you can give would be appreciated.

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