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THE CLEWISTON TEST by Kate Wilhelm

THE CLEWISTON TEST

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Pub Date: Feb. 6th, 1976
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux

Wheelchair-bound, after an accident in which her husband was at the wheel, Anne Clewiston Symons is kept from pursuing the laboratory project (pa--a painkilling factor) she had initiated, her husband Clark working alongside her. In another cage there are chimps which are just now beginning to show signs of hostility proceeding to psychosis which suggest something is very wrong. An uncompromising mixture of science and fiction from a woman primarily known for her works in the portmanteau category. A susceptible, you might say unavoidable, entertainment with a no-exit hasp.