Monkey Shines

by Michael Stewart

Book Overview

While cramming for finals, wheelchair-bound quadriplegic Allan Mann takes some pills intended to increase the learning ability of his primate companion, and soon the man and his monkey begin having... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0881910015
• ISBN13: 9780881910018
• Release Date: January 1983
• Publisher: NYC Freundlich Books 1983.
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.

Customer Reviews

The best medical thriller in years!

This is a keep-you-up at night suspensful and haunting thriller! Monkey Shines tells the story of a friendship between a man and a monkey that turns from an affectionate, even loving companionship into a terrifying dependency after Allan, the protagonaist and a promising Oxford law student, is paralyzed in a tragic accident. Ella, a lab monkey who is involved in experiments to increase her intelligence and ability to learn, become his caretaker. From this point, the relationship between man and monkey mingles into something dark and unnatural. This is a wonderful story in the true tradition of Stephen King and other thriller writers!

How could this book possibly be out-of-print?

Intelligently-crafted, gripping, and superlatively-written, this book ranks as one of my favorite novels of all time from any genre. Publishers, take note: this one is a classic and a bestseller-in-waiting. Please bring this book back!