"Christopher Moore - The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove" - читать интересную книгу автора (Moore Christopher)

Pine Cove.
"No, Winston, you know that company that carries all the look-alike
placebos? We used them in college. I need you to order look-alikes for all the
antidepressants I prescribe: Prozac, Zoloft, Serzone, Effexor, the whole
bunch, all the dosages. Order in quantity."
"I don't get it, Val, what for?"
Val cleared her throat. "I want you to fill all of my prescriptions with
the placebos."
"You're kidding."
"I'm not kidding, Winston. As of today, I don't want a single one of my
patients getting the real thing. Not one."
"Are you doing some sort of experiment? Control group or something?"
"Something like that."
"And you want me to charge them the normal price?"
"Of course. Our usual arrangement." Val got a twenty percent kickback
from the pharmacy. She was going to be working a lot harder, she deserved to
get paid.
Winston paused. She could hear him going through the glass door into the
back of the pharmacy. Finally he said, "I can't do that Val. That's unethical.
I could lose my license, go to jail."
Val had really hoped it wouldn't come to this. "Winston, you'll do it.
You'll do it or the Pine Cove Gazette will run a front-page story about you
being a fish-fucker."
"That's illegal. You can't divulge something I told you in therapy."
"Quit telling me what's illegal, Winston. I'm married to a lawyer."
"I'd really rather not do this, Val. Can't you send them down to the
Thrifty Mart in San Junipero? I could say that I can't get the pills anymore.
"That wouldn't work, would it, Winston? The people at the Thrifty Mart
don't have your little problem."
"You're going to have some withdrawal reactions. How are you going to
explain that?"
"Let me worry about that. I'm quadrupling my sessions. I want to see
these people get better, not mask their problems."
"This is about Bess Leander's suicide, isn't it?"
"I'm not going to lose another one, Winston."
"Antidepressants don't increase the incidence of suicide or violence. Eli
Lilly proved that in court."
"Yes and O.J. walked. Court is one thing, Winston, the reality of losing
a patient is another. I'm taking charge of my practice. Now order the pills.
I'm sure the profit margin is going to be quite a bit higher on sugar pills
than it is on Prozac."
"I could go to the Florida Keys. There's a place down there where they
let you swim with bottlenose dolphins."
"You can't go, Winston. You can't miss your therapy sessions. I want to
see you at least once a week."
 "You bitch."
"I'm trying to do the right thing. What day is good for you?"
"I'll call you back."
"Don't push me, Winston."
"I have to make this order," he said. Then, after a second, he said, "Dr.