The classic novel about a daring experiment in human intelligence.
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.
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.
Publisher: Orion Publishing CoISBN: 9781857989380Number of pages: 224Weight: 200 gDimensions: 196 x 128 x 18 mm
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'This is one of the greats: a story and a central character that have stayed with me for thirty years,from the first moment I picked it up'- Conn Iggulden
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