Author(s): McEwan, Ian,
Binding: Paperback,
Date of Publication: 03/03/2020,
Pagination: 320 pages,
Series: N/A,
Imprint: Vintage,
Published By: Vintage Publishing,
Book Classification: London, Greater London
Dimensions: 129 x 197 x 24mm
Weight: 258g
ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9781529111255

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**Number One Sunday Times Bestseller**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 - and soon a love triangle forms, which leads Charlie, Miranda and Adam to a profound moral dilemma. Can you design the perfect partner What makes us human Our outward deeds or our inner livesProvocative and moving, Machines Like Me explores whether a machine can ever truly understand the human heart.

'Funny, thought-provoking and politically acute...' Sunday Times'Dazzling' Guardian'An unsettling examination of the human condition. Bold, clever' Sunday Telegraph