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Name: Flowers for Algernon
Author: Daniel Keyes
Year: 1966
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Popularity: 9.4
Genres/categories: Classic, Science fiction, Award winners, Psychology

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ISBN:
9780553169041
9780553236903
9780553245042
9780553256659
9780812415643
9780877207511
9781857989380
0553169041
0553236903
055324504X
0553256653
0812415647
0877207518
1857989384
Winner of the Nebula award for Best Novel in 1967.

The story of a mentally disabled man whose experimental quest for intelligence mirrors that of Algernon, an extraordinary lab mouse. In 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?
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