{"product_id":"machines-like-me-a-novel-0525567038","title":"Machines Like Me: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0525567038\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e McEwan, Ian\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the Booker Prize winner and bestselling author of Atonement-a sharply intelligent novel of ideas (The New York Times) that asks whether a machine can understand the human heart, or whether we are the ones who lack understanding.Set 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-Machines Like Me 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51525277188384,"sku":"NEW0525567038","price":12.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/81V1m3EaXwL.jpg?v=1777146271","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/machines-like-me-a-novel-0525567038","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}