Holy smokes — did this really happen? Did the nation’s pharmaceutical
lobby really <a
href=”http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kevin-spivak/are-lobbyists-the-new-nov_b_11676.html”>commission
a book to pimp the dangers of importing Canadian drugs: “a
dumbed-down, simplistic thriller with ranting Muslims and preachy
speeches about drug importation that would appeal to women”, in the
words of the would-have-been author?
Apparently so, and then they reneged on the book deal with the PR firm
they had commissioned. Now the author has come forward to tell the
whole sordid tale. <a
href=”http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kevin-spivak/are-lobbyists-the-new-nov_b_11676.html”>You
really have to read this to believe it.
(It makes you wonder: Did Michael Crichton have a similar deal from oil
companies for “State of Fear”?
