Charlie Gordon, IQ 68, is a simple floor sweeper until an experiment in the enhancement of human intelligence transforms him into a genius. But then Algernon, t... » 

Charlie Gordon, IQ 68, is a simple floor sweeper until an experiment in the enhancement of human intelligence transforms him into a genius. But then Algernon, the mouse whose metamorphosis preceded his own, fades and dies, and Charlie realizes his salvation may in fact spell his doom. «