• Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan is published by Jonathan Cape (£18.99). Machines Like Me - Chapters 1 - 2 Summary & Analysis Ian McEwan This Study Guide consists of approximately 40 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Machines Like Me. Ian McEwan is the author of “Machines Like Me: A Novel.” (Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert / Getty Images) By Stuart Miller Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, 2019. Machines Like Me is a sharply intelligent novel of ideas. Free UK p&p over £15, online orders only. To order a copy go to guardianbookshop.com or call 0330 333 6846. In Machines Like Me, Charlie Friend uses the money he inherits after his mother's death to buy the newest model of the artificial human, Adam. McEwan's writing about the creation of a robot's personality allows him to speculate on the nature of personality, and thus humanity, in general…McEwan has an interesting mind and he is nearly always good company on the page. “Ian McEwan’s Machines Like Me is a dazzling account of our interaction with technology… He marries a gripping plot, handled with rarefied skill and dexterity, to a deep excavation of the narrowing gap between the canny and the uncanny, leaving the reader pleasurably dizzied, and marvelling at human existence.” Philip Womack, Independent Machines Like Me.

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