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.
304 Pages
Fiction + Literature Genres, Classics

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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.

Book Synopsis

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?

From the Back Cover

When we first meet Charlie he is about to embark on a compelling but dangerous journey from retardation to genius. He has only a vague understanding of what will happen, but he is aware that knowledge and the ability to write are of paramount importance. So he doesn't hesitate for a moment to cooperate in a radical experiment designed to increase his intelligence, the key - he hopes - to being valued as a human being and to being loved. Daniel Keyes's powerful and highly original story of a young man whose quest for intelligence and knowledge parallels that of Algernon (the mouse who is an earlier subject of a similar experiment) remains unique in imaginative literature. We follow Charlie Gordon's mental, emotional, and spiritual growth. We watch with excitement as he becomes the focus of attention by the scientific world, his intellectual capacities far surpassing those of the psychologists and neurosurgeons who engineered his metamorphosis. We also follow the progress of his romance with two women, one who knew him before the experiment as well as with another, who knows him only as the attractive, bright, and sympathetic man he has become. And, finally, we hope against hope that what happens suddenly, unexpectedly, to Algernon will not happen to Charlie.

Review Quotes

PRAISE FOR FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON

"A tale that is convincing, suspenseful and touching."--The New York Times

"An ingeniously touching story . . . Moving . . . Intensely real."--The Baltimore Sun

Specifications

Dimensions (Overall): 8.32 Inches (H) x 5.7 Inches (W) x 1.0 Inches (D)

Weight: .88 Pounds

Suggested Age: 14 Years

Sub-Genre: Classics

Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres

Number of Pages: 304

Publisher: Mariner Books Classics

Format: Hardcover

Author: Daniel Keyes

Language: English

Street Date: April 17, 1995

TCIN: 11318873

UPC: 9780151001637

Item Number (DPCI): 247-00-1708

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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