TY - BOOK AU - Keyes, Daniel. TI - Flowers for Algernon SN - 0156030306 AV - PS3561.E769 F68 1994 PY - 1994/// CY - Orlando PB - Harcourt Inc. KW - Brain KW - Gifted persons KW - Surgery KW - Psychological fiction KW - Fiction KW - People with mental disabilities N1 - ""A Harvest Book."" N2 - From the Publisher: With more than five million copies sold, Flowers for Algernon is the beloved, classic story of a mentally disabled man whose experimental quest for intelligence mirrors that of Algernon, an extraordinary lab mouse. In poignant diary entries, Charlie tells how a brain operation increases his IQ and changes his life. As the experimental procedure takes effect, Charlie's intelligence expands until it surpasses that of the doctors who engineered his metamorphosis. The experiment seems to be a scientific breakthrough of paramount importance-until Algernon begins his sudden, unexpected deterioration. Will the same happen to Charlie? An American classic that inspired the award-winning movie Charly ER -