num_pages: 286
description: A mentally challenged man receives an operation that turns him into a genius...and introduces him to heartache.
language: English
title: Flowers for Algernon
titlecomplete: Flowers for Algernon
characters: Alice Kinnian, Burt Seldon, Algernon, Dr. Strauss, Fay Lillman, Professor Harold Nemur, Charlie Gordon
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Psychology, School, Young Adult, Literature, Adult, Classics, Novels, Read For School
ratings_count: 638149
places: New York (State), The United States of America, New York City, New York
awards: awardedAt: -94665600000
name: Hugo Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: -126201600000
name: Nebula Award
category: Best Novel (tie), awardedAt: 157795200000
name: Locus Award
category: All-Time Best Novel (36th in poll)
publisher: Mariner Books Classics