Flowers for Algernon

Awarded both the Hugo and Nebula prizes, this powerful, classic story follows a man who undergoes a surgery that transforms him into a genius and confronts him with heartbreak.

Charlie Gordon is about to embark on an unprecedented journey. Born with an unusually low IQ, he has been selected as the perfect candidate for an experimental operation that researchers hope will enhance his intelligence – a procedure that has already been tested with great success on a lab mouse named Algernon.

As the treatment takes effect, Charlie's intelligence grows until it surpasses that of the doctors who have overseen his metamorphosis. The experiment seems to be a scientific breakthrough of the utmost importance, until Algernon suddenly deteriorates. Will the same happen to Charlie?.