Machines Like Me

Description

Machines Like Me is the 15th novel by the English author Ian McEwan. The novel published in 2019 by Jonathan Cape. The novel is set in the 1980s in an alternative history timeline in which the UK lost the Falklands War, Alan Turing is still alive, and the Internet, social media, and self-driving cars already exist. The story revolves around an android named Adam and its/his relationship with its/his owners, Charlie and Miranda, which involves the formation of a love triangle.

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Machines Like Me takes place 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 synthetic humans and—with Miranda's help— he designs Adam's personality. The near- perfect human that emerges is beautiful, strong, and clever. It isn't long before a love triangle forms, and these three beings confront a profound moral dilemma. In his subversive new novel, Ian McEwan asks whether a machine can understand the human heart—or whether we are the ones who lack understanding. --front flap

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Other Editions

• Machines Like Me: A NovelHardcoverNan A. Talese2019-04-01
• Machines Like Me:PaperbackRandom House Large Print2019-01-01
• Machines Like MePenguin Random House2019-01-01
• Machines Like MeHardcoverJonathan Cape2019-01-01
• Machines Like MeHardcoverAlfred A. Knopf Canada2019-01-01
• Machines Like MeAudio CDRecorded Books, Inc.2019-04-23