# Flowers For Algernon

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- Book: [Flowers For Algernon](https://www.bookquiver.com/daniel-keyes/flowers-for-algernon) ([Flowers For Algernon.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/daniel-keyes/flowers-for-algernon.md))
- Authors: [Daniel Keyes](https://www.bookquiver.com/daniel-keyes)
- Publisher: w_n
- ISBN: 978-14-7460-573-1
- Published: 2017-07-13
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

With over five million copies sold, Flowers for Algernon is a beloved American classic about a man who receives an operation that turns him into a genius and introduces him to heartache. 'A masterpiece' Guardian 'A timeless tearjerker' Independent 'Convincing and touching' New York Times 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 treatment turns him into a genius. Then Algernon begins to fade. What will become of Charlie?