Happy Mutant Baby Pills (21 page)

Acknowledgments

The author would like to express special gratitude to editor/page-artist Michael Signorelli for his killer eye, Zennish patience, and unbridled enthusiasm for all things questionable. In the immortal (if suspiciously attributed) words of Dashiell Hammett, “
If writing were easy, I wouldn't be dead
.”

About the Author

JERRY STAHL
is the author of the narcotic memoir
Permanent Midnight
and
Perv—a Love Story
, both
Los Angeles Times
bestsellers, as well as the acclaimed novels
Pain Killers
,
Plainclothes Naked
, and
I, Fatty
. He has written extensively for film and television.

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Also by Jerry Stahl

Fiction

Bad Sex on Speed

The Heroin Chronicles (Editor)

Pain Killers

Love Without

I, Fatty

Perv

Plainclothes Naked

Nonfiction

Permanent Midnight

 

Credits

Cover design by Richard Ljoenes

Copyright

This book is a work of fiction. References to real people, events, establishments, organizations, or locales are intended only to provide a sense of authenticity, and are used fictitiously. All other characters, and all incidents and dialogue, are drawn from the author's imagination and are not to be construed as real.

HAPPY MUTANT BABY PILLS
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FIRST EDITION

ISBN 978-0-06-199050-2

EPub Edition NOVEMBER 2013 ISBN 9780062288042

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