Machines Like Me

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Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan: 4. Confession

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4. Confession

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Miranda comes clean to Charlie about her night with Adam.

Miranda comes clean to Charlie about her night with Adam, who happens to be their synthetic companion. Read by Anton Lesser.

Charlie learns about Miranda's night with Adam, their synthetic human companion, but any discord between the three must be avoided as there is little Mark to be taken care of. 

And the darkly worrying problem of Gorringe, now living in Salisbury.

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 May 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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