Flowers For Algernon
- Author Daniel Keyes
- Narrator Adam Sims
- Publisher Orion
- Run Time 8 hours and 26 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Classic science fiction, Genetic engineering, Modern and contemporary fiction, Narrative theme: Coming of age.
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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
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
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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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