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'A masterpiece of poignant brilliance . . . heartbreaking' Guardian Charlie Gordon, a floor sweeper born with an unusually low IQ, has been chosen as the perfect subject for an experimental surgery that doctors hope will increase his intelligence - a procedure that has been highly successful when tested on a lab mouse named Algernon. All Charlie wants is to be smart and have friends, but the treatement turns him into a genius. Then Algernon begins to fade. What will become of Charlie?
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Flowers for Algernon, Daniel Keyes
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- Title
- Flowers for Algernon
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Daniel Keyes
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- Released
- 2017
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 1474605737
- ISBN13
- 9781474605731
- Series
- Collection
- Umělecké profily
- Tags
- Fiction, Fantasy, Young Adult, Psychological Topics, Science Fiction, Classics, Science, Friendship, Suspense, Young Adult Fantasy, School, Gifts for older schoolchildren, Gifts for men, Adapted for Film, Diaries, Fate, Research, Required Reading, Matura Exam, People with Disabilities, Experiments (Science), Mice, Humanism, IQ, Intelligence, Mental Disabilities, Nebula (Literary Award), Psychological Experiments
- First published
- 1966
- Original title
- Flowers for Algernon
- Rating
- 4.25 out of 5
- Description
- 'A masterpiece of poignant brilliance . . . heartbreaking' Guardian Charlie Gordon, a floor sweeper born with an unusually low IQ, has been chosen as the perfect subject for an experimental surgery that doctors hope will increase his intelligence - a procedure that has been highly successful when tested on a lab mouse named Algernon. All Charlie wants is to be smart and have friends, but the treatement turns him into a genius. Then Algernon begins to fade. What will become of Charlie?