Anodyne
Saturday, August 12, 2006
 

Withdrawn From Circulation (2.0)

Staff member X inadvertently picks up yesterday's copy of Griffin and Sabine and attempts to sell it to a customer. A panicked-looking blur with Ralph Steadman eyes leaps between staff member and customer and repossesses the offending tome.

"What was that all about?" inquires X, not unreasonably, after the customer's departure. So the whole sad tale is told.

"What is it with that book?" X wonders, upon the tale's conclusion. "Griffin and Sabine is the devil!" Then, having been promised anonymity, recounts the following, even sadder tale:

X once dated a woman, Y, who broke X's heart. Early on in the relationship, Y gave X a copy of Griffin and Sabine, explaining, "I think you'll really like this." X did, at first. The book, by Canadian writer/illustrator Nick Bantock, consists of a series of lushly illustrated postcards and letters between two lovers, one of whom may or may not be the creation of the other's imagination. So far, so good...that is, until X opened one of the book's envelopes and found a typewritten letter to Y by Y's old boyfriend, Z. Heartbeat accelerating, X opened the next envelope. A handwritten poem by Z, to Y. And so on.

X's analysis of the proceedings: "Z gave Y this 'special' book; she said, 'Thanks baby,' put it on her shelf and never looked at it...till she gave it to me! It was a real watershed in the relationship."

- posted by cjb @ 9:34 PM


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