The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove (27 page)

Acknowledgments

My thanks to Dr. Kenneth Berv and Dr. Roger Wunderlich for their advice on mental health and psychoactive drugs; to Galen and Lynn Rathbun for help with biology and rat tagging information; to Charlee Rodgers, Dee Dee Leichtfuss, and Jean Brody for manuscript readings and comments; to Nick Ellison for agent stuff; to Rachel Klayman for patience and precision in her editing; and finally to all those people who were willing to share their experiences with antidepressants and other psychotropic drugsâyou know who you are, you crazy fucks. (Just kidding.)

About the Author

C
HRISTOPHER
M
OORE
is the author of seven novels, including this one. He began writing at age six and became the oldest known child prodigy when, in his early thirties, he published his first novel. His turn-ons are the ocean, playing the toad lotto, and talking animals on TV. His turn-offs are salmonella, traffic, and rude people. Chris enjoys cheese crackers, acid jazz, and otter scrubbing. He lives in an inaccessible island fortress in the Pacific. You can e-mail him at [email protected] Visit the official Christopher Moore website at www.chrismoore.com.

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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

THE LUST LIZARD OF MELANCHOLY COVE
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EPub Â© Edition MARCH 2006 ISBN: 9780061983788

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Moore, Christopher
Â Â Â Â Â The lust lizard of Melancholy Cove/Christopher Moore.
Â Â Â Â Â p. cm.
Â Â Â Â Â ISBN 0-380-79274-5 (pbk.)
Â Â Â Â Â ISBN 0-06-073545-7 (reissue)

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