Machines Like Me

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Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan: 1. Introduction

Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan

1. Introduction

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

4 Extra Debut. Charlie takes Adam, a synthetic human, to his home to live and introduces him to his friend, Miranda. Read by Anton Lesser.

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

Read by Anton Lesser.

Against a backdrop of Britain's loss of the Falkland Islands and mounting social unrest, Charlie invites Adam into his modest London home and introduces him to Miranda, a resident upstairs. 

Adam is a synthetic human and both neighbours decide to 'shape' his personality for everyday use. 

Others are doing it too, with an Adam or with an Eve.

Abridged in ten parts 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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