Flowers for Algernon
Author: Daniel Keyes
Editor: Harcourt
Year: 1959
One of the most amazing books I have ever read.
Back cover: Charlie Gordon is about to embark upon an unprecedented journey. Born with an unusally 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 hen tester 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?
Rate: 11/10
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