Flowers for Algernon
by Keyes, Daniel
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Collectable - Very Good Condition/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0151315108
- ISBN 13
- 9780151315109
- Seller
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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
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Synopsis
Flowers for Algernon is a science fiction short story and subsequent novel written by Daniel Keyes. The short story, written in 1958 and first published in the April 1959 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, won the Hugo Award for Best Short Story in 1960. The novel was published in 1966 and was joint winner of that year's Nebula Award for Best Novel. The titular Algernon is a laboratory mouse who has undergone surgery to increase his intelligence by artificial means.
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- Bookseller
- 84 Charing Cross Road Books, IOBA (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 085813
- Title
- Flowers for Algernon
- Author
- Keyes, Daniel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Collectable - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0151315108
- ISBN 13
- 9780151315109
- Publisher
- Harcourt Brace and World
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1966
- Keywords
- BZDB14 BIBLIO-LIVE-2 Science Fiction & Fantasy; Flowers for Algernon Keyes Daniel
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