Title: Monkey Shines
Subtitle: An Experiment in Fear
First published: August 12, 1988
Description: Allan Mann was a bright Oxford law student, an outstanding athlete determined to stretch the bounds of his endurance. When a motorcycle accident in which he is paralyzed shatters his world, he becomes despondent, consumed by resentment and thoughts of suicide. Then Ella, a laboratory monkey involved in tests to increase learning ability and intelligence, is enlisted to aid in his recovery. As the minds of the two become increasingly intertwined, this unusual bond becomes more ambiguous and, finally, lethal.
Subjects: Disabled Persons, Monkeys, fiction