Flowers for Algernon
By: Daniel Keyes
Publisher: Harvest / Harcourt Inc.
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Orlando, FL, USA
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 311
ISBN-13: 9780156030304
Copyright date: 1994
Subjects: Brain; Surgery; People with mental disabilities; Gifted persons; Fiction
Description: From the Publisher: With more than five million copies sold, Flowers for Algernon is the beloved, classic story of a mentally disabled man whose experimental quest for intelligence mirrors that of Algernon, an extraordinary lab mouse. In poignant diary entries, Charlie tells how a brain operation increases his IQ and changes his life. As the experimental procedure takes effect, Charlie's intelligence expands until it surpasses that of the doctors who engineered his metamorphosis. The experiment seems to be a scientific breakthrough of paramount importance-until Algernon begins his sudden, unexpected deterioration. Will the same happen to Charlie? An American classic that inspired the award-winning movie Charly.
Notes: "A Harvest Book."