&A masterpiece of poignant brilliance heartbreaking& Guardian 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 & have friends but the treatement turns him into a genius Then Algernon begins to fade What will become of Charlie?