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  • Flowers for Algernon

  • By: Daniel Keyes
  • Narrated by: Adam Sims
  • Length: 8 hrs and 26 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (360 ratings)

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Flowers for Algernon

By: Daniel Keyes
Narrated by: Adam Sims
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Publisher's Summary

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 treatment turns him into a genius.

Then Algernon begins to fade.

What will become of Charlie?

Read by Adam Sims.

©1966 Daniel Keyes (P)2017 Orion Publishing Group

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"A masterpiece of poignant brilliance...heartbreaking." ( The Guardian)

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An engaging story for both the heart and mind.

This book is in my favorites of all time. Unique beautiful and bittersweet.Must read

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Brilliant

Read the synopsis, if it sounds appealing than do it. It will not let you down.

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Loved this book

This was one of my greatest reads. I could not recommend it high enough. I would recommend that it be read over listening, as you miss things such as his spelling and punctuation changes through the progression. But all in all, my emotions were going wild throughout the whole book. Loved every second of it.

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Read, Read,Read

Truly a story for everyone! Great performance and Charlie’s lessons are for all humanity. Highly recommend.

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Thought provoking

A seriously beautiful book. I'm unsure how I feel about this story. For the first time in my life I think I need to sit down and reflect. But it was truly an amazing experience that I'm glad I took the opportunity to read. The narrator earned every single one of those 5 stars.

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Amazing and thought provoking

You have to read it. It’ll broaden your perspective. So many interesting themes including the treatment of disability and ideas about man playing god. But the great thing is you get to explore them from different angles and the story progresses.

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breathtaking and moving

a poignant and heartbreaking tale, narrated to perfection. sure to make one reflect deeply

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A wonderful story, beautifully narrated.

A wonderful story, beautifully narrated. I was recommended this by a friend. What you feel will be a sad ending provides an interesting insight into how we should view ourselves.

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what a wonderful book

it's a demanding listen, but doesn't shy away from the depths of what it is intelligence, what it means to be human and the generosity/spiteful characteristics we're all capable of

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heartbreaking and thought provoking

they have done such a brilliant job, loved but hurt so much for this book

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