Flowers for Algernon
by Daniel Keyes
311 pages· 2004· ISBN 9780156030083
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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, Charlies 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?
Winner of the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award
The classic novel that inspired the Academy Award-winning movie CHARLY
As the treatment takes effect, Charlies 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?
Winner of the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award
The classic novel that inspired the Academy Award-winning movie CHARLY
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