Аннотация
Chuck Palahniuk
The Ghost Who Came to Say He Was Sorry
Scanned from The Week, Dec 6, 2002
Originally published in The London Independent © 2002
When novelist Chuck Palahniuk invited friends to a haunted-house party, he was more prepared to snicker than hide behind the sofa. But his murdered father had other ideas.
A friend of mine lives in a "haunted" house. It's a nice, white farmhouse in the country, surrounded with gardens, and every few weeks he'll call in the middle of the night to say, "Someone is screaming in the basement. I'm going down with my gun, and if I don't call you back in five minutes, send the police!"
It's all very dramatic, but it's the kind of complaint that smells like a boast. It's the psychic equivalent of saying, "My diamond ring is so very heavy." Or, "I wish I could wear this thong bikini without everyone lusting after me."
My friend refers to his ghost as "the Lady," and he complains about not getting any sleep be...
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