Machines Like Me A Novel

<b>From the Booker Prize winner and bestselling author of <i>Atonement</i> and <i>Saturday</i>—”a sharply intelligent novel of ideas” (<i>The New York Times</i>) that asks whether a machine can understand the human heart, or whether we are the ones who lack understanding. <br></b><br><i>Machines Like Me</i> 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 soon forms, and these three beings confront a profound moral dilemma.<br><br><b>Don’t miss Ian McEwan’s new novel, <i>Lessons</i>, coming in September! <br></b>