{"product_id":"9781529111255","title":"Machines Like Me : From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Lessons","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: McEwan, Ian\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eLondon, Greater London\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished on 3 March 2020 by Vintage Publishing (Vintage).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 320 pages\u003cbr\u003e129 x 197 x 24 | 258g\u003cp\u003e**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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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 lives?Provocative and moving, Machines Like Me explores whether a machine can ever truly understand the human heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Funny, thought-provoking and politically acute...' Sunday Times'Dazzling' Guardian'An unsettling examination of the human condition. Bold, clever' Sunday Telegraph\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McEwan, Ian","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42465751007416,"sku":"9781529111255","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0509\/1953\/8872\/files\/9781529111255.jpg?v=1734708195","url":"https:\/\/octoberbooks.org\/products\/9781529111255","provider":"October Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}