Flowers for Algernon: Book Guide, Author and Facts
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Until he was thirty-two, Charlie Gordon --gentle, amiable, oddly engaging-- had lived in a kind of mental twilight. He knew knowledge was important and had learned to read and write after a fashion, but he also knew he wasn't nearly as bright as most of the people around him. There was even a white mouse named Algernon who outpaced Charlie in some ways. But a remarkable operation had been performed on Algernon, and now he was a genius among mice. Suppose Charlie underwent a similar operation...
Quick facts about Flowers for Algernon
- Title: Flowers for Algernon
- Author: Daniel Keyes
- First published: 1966
- Genre: institutionalization, dementia, phenylketonuria
- OpenLibrary ID: OL515754W
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What is Flowers for Algernon about?
Until he was thirty-two, Charlie Gordon --gentle, amiable, oddly engaging-- had lived in a kind of mental twilight.
Who wrote Flowers for Algernon?
Flowers for Algernon was written by Daniel Keyes.
When was Flowers for Algernon published?
Flowers for Algernon was first published in 1966.
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