Machines like me : and people like you / Ian McEwan.
Publication details: London : Jonathan Cape, an imprint of Vintage, 2019.Description: 305 pages ; 24 cmISBN:- 9781787331679 (paperback)
- 9781787331662 (hardback)
- Machines like me
- 823.92 23
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Machines like me occurs in an alternative 1980s London. Charlie, drifting through life and dodging full-time employment, is in love with Miranda, a bright student who lives with a terrible secret. When Charlie comes into money, he buys Adam, one of the first batch of synthetic humans. With Miranda's assistance, he co-designs Adam's personality. This near-perfect human is beautiful, strong and clever - a love triangle soon forms. These three beings will confront a profound moral dilemma. Ian McEwan's subversive and entertaining new novel poses fundamental questions: what makes us human? Our outward deeds or our inner lives? Could a machine understand the human heart?