- Fiction, Humor (Fiction), Fiction, fantasy, general, Fiction, humorous, general
The town psychiatrist has decided to switch everybody in Pine Cove, California, from their normal antidepressants to placebos, so naturally -- well, to be accurate, artificially -- business is booming at the local blues bar.
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- contemporarynostalgic
- unpretentiousprestige
- cooloverwhelming
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About the book
- Author
- Christopher Moore
- First published
- May 25, 2004
- Pages
- 304
- Publisher
- Harper Paperbacks, HarperCollins
- Editions
- 3
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780060735456
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