{"product_id":"machines-like-me-book-ian-mcewan-9780385545112","title":"Machines Like Me","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Ian McEwan, Booker Prize winner and international bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eAtonement \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Children Act\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMoving. . . . Masterly . . . provocative. --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA feat of literary sorcery. --\u003ci\u003eO, The Oprah Magazine \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A] carefully constructed comedy of terrors. . . .  McEwan is] one of the most elegant writers alive. --\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWitty and humane . . . a cautionary fable about artificial intelligence, consent, and justice. --\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\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":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49524905967889,"sku":"GOR010092852","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49566121066769,"sku":"CIN0385545118VG","price":4.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49618081349905,"sku":"CIN0385545118G","price":4.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":49768733278481,"sku":"CIN0385545118A","price":4.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ LIKE_NEW \/ SBYB","offer_id":50493167993105,"sku":"CIN0385545118LN","price":4.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51376932487441,"sku":"GOR012906681","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0385545118.jpg?v=1751390360","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/machines-like-me-book-ian-mcewan-9780385545112","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}