{"product_id":"machines-like-me-paperback","title":"Machines Like Me - Paperback","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the Booker Prize winner and bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eAtonement\u003c\/i\u003e--\"a sharply intelligent novel of ideas\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e) that asks whether a machine can understand the human heart, or whether we are the ones who lack understanding. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet in an uncanny alternative 1982 London--where Britain has lost the Falklands War, Margaret Thatcher battles Tony Benn for power, and Alan Turing achieves a breakthrough in artificial intelligence--\u003ci\u003eMachines Like Me\u003c\/i\u003e powerfully portrays two lovers who will be tested beyond their understanding. 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 generation of synthetic humans. With Miranda's assistance, he codesigns Adam's personality. The near-perfect human that emerges is beautiful, strong, and smart--and a love triangle soon forms. Ian McEwan's subversive, gripping 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 against the power to invent things beyond our control.","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46837913845916,"sku":"9780525567035","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0712\/7616\/7324\/files\/9780525567035.jpg?v=1778490981","url":"https:\/\/bronzeandbrass.store\/products\/machines-like-me-paperback","provider":"Bronze \u0026 Brass","version":"1.0","type":"link"}