Machines Like Me

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Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan: 5. Involvement

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5. Involvement

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Charlie learns about Miranda and Peter Gorringe.

Social unrest and Falklands fallout take a back seat when Charlie learns about Miranda and Peter Gorringe. Read by Anton Lesser.

Charlie and Miranda are pondering the problem of Peter Gorringe. Adam their synthetic human companion is churning out poems. 

And one evening at a birthday dinner, the couple see an illustrious figure they decide to approach.

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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