Britain has lost the Falklands war,Margaret Thatcher battles Tony Benn for power and Alan Turing achieves a breakthrough in artificial intelligence. In a world not quite like this one,two lovers will be tested beyond their understanding.
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 This provocative and thrilling tale warns of the power to invent things beyond our control.
Publisher: Vintage PublishingISBN: 9781529111255Number of pages: 320Weight: 258 gDimensions: 198 x 130 x 20 mm
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'Machines Like Me reminds us that McEwan is once-in-a-generation talent,offering readerly pleasure,cerebral incisiveness and an enticing imagination.'- Lara Feigel,Spectator
'(Machines Like Me) is right up there with his very best (novels). Machines Like Me manages to combine the dark acidity of McEwan's great early stories with the crowd-pleasing readability of his more recent work. A novel this smart oughtn't to be such fun,but it is.'- Alex Preston,The Observer
'...compelling... unforgettably strange... there are many pleasures and many moments of profound disquiet in this book,which reminds you of its author's mastery of the underrated craft of storytelling... (Machines Like Me) is morally complex and very disturbing,animated by a spirit of sinister and intelligent mischief that feels unique to its author.'- Marcel Theroux,The Guardian
Ian McEwan
Described as Britain's greatest living novelist,British author Ian McEwan's books include Enduring Love,Atonement,On Chesil Beach,The Children Act and Nutshell. One of a generation of writers,including Martin Amis and Salman Rushdie,who established their literary credentials in the 1970's Ian McEwan is a world-renowned writer whose novels have the rare gift of being as critically acclaimed as they are widely popular.
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