| Abstract |
A comedy on a town where hundreds of inhabitants are on anti-depressants, prescribed by Dr. Valerie Riordan. After a patient dies she asks the druggist to substitute placebos. Freed of drugs, the town comes alive with wine and song, so loud it even awakens a sea monster. |
| Local note | See also manuscript material related to the James H. and Virginia Schlobin Literature of the Fantastic Collection. Ask in Joyner Library Special Collections. |
| General note | "An Avon book." |
| General note | Dust jacket art by Michael McGurl. |
| Acquisitions source |
Joyner Schlobin copy Gift of James C. Holte, 2006. |
| LCCN | 98046850 |
| ISBN | 0380975068 |
| ISBN | 9780380975068 |
