Flowers For Algernon (SIGNED Plus MOVIE TIE-INS)

Keyes, Daniel

ISBN 10: 0156030306 / ISBN 13: 9780156030304

Published by Bantam, New York, 1967

About this Item

1st Bantam Printing softcover (October 1967). Tight clean copy with no spine crease, light page age-toning. SIGNED by author on a bookplate on dedication page (signature only). Basis for 1968 movie 'Charly'. Also SIGNED by CLAIRE BLOOM on a laid-in card (Bloom played 'Alice Kinian' in 1968 film). Also SIGNED by CLIFF ROBERTSON on a card laid-in (played 'Charly' and won Academy Award for Best Actor). Also includes laid-in a photo card SIGNED by DICK VAN PATTEN (played 'Burt'). Also laid-in is a cut-signature card SIGNED by MATTHEW MODINE (played 'Charly' in the 2000 TV remake of novel); and a color photo SIGNED by BONNIE BEDELIA (played 'Rose'). Also laid-in is original New York Times obituary for Keyes. Unique copy for the Flowers-Charly fan or collector. Note: No International orders for this item.

Seller Inventory # 023385

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Flowers For Algernon (SIGNED Plus MOVIE TIE-INS)
• Publisher: Bantam, New York
• Publication Date: 1967
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0156030306
• ISBN 13: 9780156030304
• Binding: Soft Cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author
• Seller catalogs:
  • Books To Film Specials

About this title

Synopsis

With more than five million copies sold, Flowers for Algernon is the beloved, classic story of a mentally disabled man whose experimental quest for intelligence mirrors that of Algernon, an extraordinary lab mouse. In poignant diary entries, Charlie tells how a brain operation increases his IQ and changes his life. As the experimental procedure takes effect, Charlie's intelligence expands until it surpasses that of the doctors who engineered his metamorphosis. The experiment seems to be a scientific breakthrough of paramount importance--until Algernon begins his sudden, unexpected deterioration. Will the same happen to Charlie?

About the Author

Daniel Keyes (1927 - 2014) was born in Brooklyn, New York, and received his B.A. and M.A. degrees from Brooklyn College. He was the author of eight books, including the classic Flowers for Algernon, first published in 1966, which would go on to sell more than five million copies and inspire the Oscar-winning film Charly. He also worked as a merchant seaman, a fiction editor, a high school teacher, and as a university professor at Ohio University, where he was honored at Professor Emeritus in 2000. He won the Hugo and Nebula awards for his work and was chosen as an Author Emeritus by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America in 2000.