Flowers For Algernon

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What to expect

'A masterpiece of poignant brilliance . . . heartbreaking' Guardian

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 treatement turns him into a genius.

Then Algernon begins to fade. What will become of Charlie?

Read by Adam Sims
(p) Orion Publishing Group 2017

Critics Review

  • This 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 Iggulden
  • A masterpiece of poignant brilliance . . . heartbreaking, and utterly, completely brilliant

    Guardian
  • A timeless tearjerker

    Independent
  • Excellent . . . extremely moving

    The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
  • Unflinchingly honest . . . it will make you reflect on your own life . . . and completely and utterly break your heart

    Guardian Online
  • A narrative tour de force, very moving, beautiful and remorseless in its simple logic

    Science Fiction, 100 Best Novels

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