'Flowers for Algernon' by Daniel Keyes

We'll be discussing 'Flowers For Algernon' by Daniel Keyes, published in 1966.

As described by the publishers: 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?

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