Flowers for Algernon, Daniel Keyes
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Flowers for Algernon, Daniel Keyes
Language
eng
Index
no index present
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
Flowers for Algernon
Oclc number
54694516
Responsibility statement
Daniel Keyes
Summary
When brain surgery makes a mouse into a genius, dull-witted Charlie Gordon wonders if it might also work for him. 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
Target audience
adult
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- Psychological fiction
- Psychological fiction -- Young adult fiction
- People with mental disabilities -- Young adult fiction
- Brain + Surgery -- Young adult fiction
- Science fiction
- Gifted persons -- Fiction
- Brain + Surgery -- Fiction
- People with mental disabilities -- Fiction
- Gifted persons -- Young adult fiction
- Science fiction -- Young adult fiction
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- Psychological fiction
- Psychological fiction -- Young adult fiction
- People with mental disabilities -- Young adult fiction
- Brain + Surgery -- Young adult fiction
- Science fiction
- Gifted persons -- Fiction
- Brain + Surgery -- Fiction
- People with mental disabilities -- Fiction
- Gifted persons -- Young adult fiction
- Science fiction -- Young adult fiction
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