Flowers For Algernon

11.00 JOD

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Description

Classic novel of a daring experiment in human intelligence. The classic novel about a daring experiment in human intelligence Charlie Gordon, IQ 68, is a floor sweeper and the gentle butt of everyones jokes – until an experiment in the enhancement of human intelligence turns him into a genius. But then Algernon, the mouse whose triumphal experimental tranformation preceded his, fades and dies, and Charlie has to face the possibility that his salvation was only temporary.

  • ISBN: 9781857989380
  • Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Pages: 224
  • Publication Date: 2000

 

Author Biography

Daniel Keyes (1927-2014) Born in 1927 Daniel Keyes joined the US merchant marine aged 17. He won the Hugo for the short story that Flowers for Algernon was based on and the Nebula for the novel itself. He has a masters degree in English and American literature and is a Professor of English and Creative writing. He died in June, 2014.

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