Flowers for Algernon |
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Author:
| Keyes, Daniel |
Series title: | Gollancz S. F. Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-575-07920-5 |
Publication Date: | Oct 2006 |
Publisher: | Orion Publishing Group, Limited
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Imprint: | Gollancz |
Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | AUD $22.99 |
Book Description:
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Charlie Gordon, IQ 68, is a floor sweeper, and the gentle butt of everyone's jokes, until an experiment in the enhancement of human intelligence turns him into a genius.
But then Algernon, the mouse whose triumphal experimental transformation preceeded his, fades and dies, and Charlie has to face the possibilty that his salvation was only temporary.
Charlie Gordon, IQ 68, is a floor sweeper, and the gentle butt of everyone's jokes, until an experiment in the enhancement of human intelligence turns him into a genius.
But then Algernon, the mouse whose triumphal experimental transformation preceeded his, fades and dies, and Charlie has to face the possibilty that his salvation was only temporary.