From Ian McEwan, Booker Prize winner and international bestselling author of ATONEMENT and THE CHILDREN ACT

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.

Audiobook available, read by Steven Crossley