{"product_id":"machines-like-me-9780525567035","title":"Machines Like Me","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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDon't miss Ian McEwan's new novel, \u003ci\u003eLessons.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIAN MCEWAN is the critically acclaimed author of seventeen novels and two short story collections. His first published work, a collection of short stories, \u003ci\u003eFirst Love, Last Rites\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Somerset Maugham Award. His novels include \u003ci\u003eThe Child in Time\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the 1987 Whitbread Novel of the Year Award; \u003ci\u003eThe Cement Garden\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eEnduring Love\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eAmsterdam\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the 1998 Booker Prize; \u003ci\u003eAtonement\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eSaturday\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eOn Chesil Beach\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eSolar\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eSweet Tooth\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Children Act\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eNutshell\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eMachines Like Me\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a number-one bestseller. \u003ci\u003eAtonement\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEnduring Love, The Children Act\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOn Chesil Beach\u003c\/i\u003e have all been adapted for the big screen.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Anchor Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50493665214738,"sku":"9780525567035","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_72c4dfb0-6a0f-453f-9165-95ed683186d6.jpg?v=1730655827","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/machines-like-me-9780525567035","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}