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Daniel Keyes: Flowers for Algernon (Paperback, 1984, Bantam, Bantam Classic)

Until he was thirty-two, Charlie Gordon --gentle, amiable, oddly engaging-- had lived in a kind …

Bittersweet

I really enjoyed this. I listened to the audiobook so I missed out on the written style (spelling, punctuation, etc)

A sad tale of someone uplifted from subnormal to profoundly gifted IQ. We follow Charlie as he redisovers his past, gains a future, and then loses it all again - only this time with the knowledge of what he is losing.

Charlie asks why he is always fated to be looking at life through a window. Charlie is throughout it all good, honest, and just wants to be liked.

Why is smart Charlie so much less likeable? Why is he less happy? A recommended read - and I would say worth reading to anyone dealing with dementia.