Flowers for Algernon (1966)

Charlie Gordon's progress reports make a speculative operation legible through the changing way he understands his colleagues, teachers and past. You follow a person learning how others have treated him, while the scientific premise places pressure on what intelligence is supposed to mean. The voice asks for attention as it changes, but no scientific preparation. Choose the expanded novel for an intimate, emotionally severe account of dignity and the responsibilities of people who promise improvement.