Flowers for Algernon

by Daniel Keyes

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Winner of both the Hugo and Nebula Awards, the powerful, classic story about a man who receives an operation that turns him into a genius...and introduces him to heartache.

Charlie Gordon is about to embark upon an unprecedented journey. Born with an unusually low IQ, he has been chosen as the perfect subject for an experimental surgery that researchers hope will increase his intelligence-a procedure that has already been highly successful when tested on a lab mouse named Algernon.

As the treatment takes effect, Charlie's intelligence expands until it surpasses that of the doctors who engineered his metamorphosis. The experiment appears to be a scientific breakthrough of paramount importance, until Algernon suddenly deteriorates. Will the same happen to Charlie?

  • ISBN10 0151001634
  • ISBN13 9780151001637
  • Publish Date 1 February 2022 (first published 1 March 1966)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Publisher Cengage Learning, Inc
  • Imprint Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 304
  • Language English