{"product_id":"machines-like-me-a-novel-isbn-9780525567035","title":"Machines Like Me: A Novel","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":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301870227685,"sku":"NP9780525567035","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780525567035.jpg?v=1767732015","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/machines-like-me-a-novel-isbn-9780525567035","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}