{"title":"Books by Daniel Keyes","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9781399607766","title":"Flowers For Algernon","description":"\u003cp\u003eCharlie 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWinner of the 1960 Hugo Award for Best Short Story, and subsequently expanded into a Hugo-nominated novel, \u003c\/i\u003eFlowers for Algernon\u003ci\u003e earned Daniel Keyes the honour of SFWA Author Emeritus in 2000 for his contribution to Science Fiction and Fantasy.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Heartbreaking and beautiful. 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I'm a huge \u003cb\u003efan of science fiction that doesn't seem too far away\u003c\/b\u003e; something that I could imagine being just around the corner - and that's how I felt about Flowers for Algernon' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'You're watching Charlie, the main character, go through an experimental procedure that increases his IQ. The whole book, written in diary entries, let us see how it affects his life and how he struggles through it. \u003cb\u003eI rarely cry while reading a book but I couldn't help myself here\u003c\/b\u003e. It's a classic for a reason. \u003cb\u003eRead it. You won't be able to put it down\u003c\/b\u003e' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eHeartbreaking and beautiful. \u003c\/b\u003eRequired reading, as far as I am concerned' Wil Wheaton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eThis book is extraordinary\u003c\/b\u003e, one of my favorites. 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