Flowers For Algernon Av Daniel Keyes

<p><b><h2>The classic novel about a daring experiment in human intelligence</h2></b><br><br><b><h3>''A masterpiece of poignant brilliance . . . heartbreaking, and utterly, completely brilliant'' <i>Guardian</i></b><br><br><b><i>''</i>A timeless tearjerker'' <i>Independent</h3></i><br></b><br>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.<br><br>But then Algernon, the mouse whose triumphal experimental transformation preceded his, fades and dies, and Charlie has to face the possibility that his salvation was only temporary.<br><br><b>Readers can''t stop reading Flowers For Algernon:</b><br><br>''I am finding it hard to put into words the vast range of emotions I experienced while reading this <b>tale of hope, perseverance, truth and humanity</b> . . . I''m a huge <b>fan of science fiction that doesn''t seem too far away</b>; something that I could imagine being jus