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Flowers for Algernon
Published 1966 by Harcourt, Brace & World · 274 pages
Hugo · 1967
FinalistNebula · 1967
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Hugo 19676 finalists
Nebula 19673 finalists · tied winners
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2 award entries · 1 books · 1 wins · 1967–1967
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Synopsis
Charlie Gordon, an intellectually disabled man, undergoes experimental surgery that raises his intelligence to genius levels, documented through his own progress reports. As he surpasses his researchers, he discovers the effect is temporary when the laboratory mouse Algernon, who received the same treatment, begins to deteriorate and die.
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Details
- Author nationality
- United States
- Adaptation
- Charly (film, 1968)
- ISBN
- 9780151315109