Machines Like Me

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Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan: 2. Warning

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2. Warning

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Adam, a synthetic human, warns infatuated Charlie that his partner has a dark past.

Charlie and Miranda start going out, but flatmate Adam, a synthetic human, has information to share. Read by Anton Lesser.

Neighbours Charlie and Miranda are growing close and one joint interest is to 'shape' the personality of Adam, a synthetic human, who warns infatuated Charlie that his partner has a dark past. 

Charlie will need to know the details.

Ian McEwan's novel reimagines life and times in the 1980s.

Read by Anton Lesser. 

Abridged by Penny Leicester.

Producer:  Duncan Minshull

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2019.

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Anton Lesser reads Ian McEwan's new novel, which reimagines life and times in the 1980s.

Ian McEwan's new novel reimagines life and times in the 1980s. Abridged in ten episodes by Penny Leicester. Reader Anton Lesser.

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