{"product_id":"9781529111255","title":"Machines Like Me","description":"\u003cp\u003eCharlie, drifting through life and dodging full-time employment, is in love with Miranda, a bright student who lives with a terrible secret.\u003cbr\u003eWhen Charlie comes into money, he buys Adam, one of the first batch of synthetic humans. With Miranda's assistance, he co-designs Adam's personality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis near-perfect human is beautiful, strong and clever - and soon a love triangle forms, which leads Charlie, Miranda and Adam to a profound moral dilemma. Can you design the perfect partner? What makes us human? Our outward deeds or our inner lives?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProvocative and moving, Machines Like Me explores whether a machine can ever truly understand the human heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Ian+McEwan\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eIan McEwan\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Ian McEwan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47377561485475,"sku":"9781529111255","price":270.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9781529111255_e2adc8e6-01bd-4f06-8829-048c613ff004.jpg?v=1776563961","url":"https:\/\/graffitibooks.co.za\/products\/9781529111255","provider":"Graffiti Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}