$23.80
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
11 September 2017
Summary
Flowers For Algernon: A Heartbreaking Masterpiece
Charlie Gordon, a floor sweeper with an unusually low IQ, is selected for an experimental surgery. Doctors hope it will boost his intelligence, mirroring the success seen in a lab mouse named Algernon.
Charlie yearns for intelligence and friendship, and the treatment transforms him into a genius.
But then Algernon begins to decline. What will happen to Charlie?
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781474605731 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1474605737 |
| Series: | S.F. Masterworks |
| Author: | Daniel Keyes |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 11 September 2017 |
| Weight: | 220g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 24mm |
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Critics Review
Strikingly original
A science-fiction masterpiece of poignant brilliance … heartbreaking, and utterly, completely brilliant - GUARDIAN
A timeless tearjerker - INDEPENDENTThis is one of the greats: a story and a central character that have stayed with me for thirty years, from the first moment I picked it up - Conn IgguldenAt the heart of FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON is a message of love over knowledge; of hopefulness over achievement; of compassion over intelligence. - Joanne HarrisUnflinchingly honest … it will make you reflect on your own life … and completely and utterly break your heart - GUARDIAN ONLINEAbout The Author
Daniel Keyes
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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