Flowers For Algernon
Book Report
Author: Daniel Keyes
Daniel Keyes
BornAugust 9, 1927
Brooklyn, New York
DiedJune 15, 2014 (aged 86)
Boca Raton, Florida
OccupationFiction writer
NationalityAmerican
Alma materNew York University, Brooklyn College
Period1952–2014
GenreScience fiction
Notable worksFlowers for Algernon (1959)
The Minds of Billy Milligan(1981)
Notable awardsHugo Award (1960)
Nebula Award (1966)
Kurd Lasswitz Award (1986)
Seiun Award (1993)
Locus Award (1998)
SpouseAurea Georgina Vazquez
Children2 daughters
Website
Setting
Flowers for Algernon takes places in rollicking 1960s New York, around the same time the book was written. New York in the Sixties was the epicenter of cool.
Protagonist: Charlie Gordon
Charlie is the narrator and the main character of the novel, and his miraculous transformation from mental disability to genius sets the stage for Keyes to address a number of broad themes and issues.
Genre
Science Fiction