Flowers For Algernon
A Modern Literary Classic
By Daniel Keyes
Harry Hartog's review
This story follows Charlie, a man with special needs who is chosen to undergo an operation that increases his IQ. This book broke me, I loved it in every way, and think everyone should read it. - Michael, Harry Hartog Penrith
Description
'A masterpiece of poignant brilliance . . . heartbreaking' Guardian
Charlie Gordon, a floor sweeper born with an unusually low IQ, has been chosen as the perfect subject for an experimental surgery that doctors hope will increase his intelligence - a procedure that has been highly successful when tested on a lab mouse named Algernon. All Charlie wants is to be smart and have friends, but the treatement turns him into a genius.
Then Algernon begins to fade. What will become of Charlie?
- ISBN:
- 9781474605731
- Format:
- Paperback
- Pages:
- 256
- Published:
- Publisher:
- Orion Publishing Co
- Imprint:
- Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- Weight:
- 228 g