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Flowers for Algernon

By: Daniel Keyes
Narrated by: Adam Sims
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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?

Read by Adam Sims.

©1966 Daniel Keyes (P)2017 Orion Publishing Group

Accolades & Awards

Nebula Award
1966
Nebula Award Science Fiction

Critic reviews

"A masterpiece of poignant brilliance...heartbreaking." ( The Guardian)
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very interesting point of view. heartbreaking and not so science fiction any more. read it!

makes you wonder about mankind

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A unique book. Fascinating, but with a very sad ending. The narration was occasionally difficult.

Extraordinary. Beautiful and sad.

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It's hard not to love this book. I felt a lot of empathy for Charlie, and even though Charlie's became a true dick, I really liked him. I the ending was not as satisfying as I had hoped, but it's a really minor inconvenience.

The most dynamic character ever.

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Not like any other book I've read. I really enjoyed it and couldn't wait to get back to it.

Different, a great story well written and well narrated.

Really good

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One of those must-read books that makes you appreciate life, reading, everything you had, have and will have.

One of those must read books.

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