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McEwan, Ian : Machines LIke Me

Nan A. Talese / Doubleday, New York, 2019

ISBN 9780385545112

Fine copy in fine dust jacket, 8vo, 333 pp., First printing of the first American edition.

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McEWAN**, IAN: : MACHINES LIKE ME

LONDON.JONATHAN CAPE,2019.

ISBN 9781787331662.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] NMINT/NMINT.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,matt colour mannequin figures illustrated dw/dj panels with b/w embossed letters (author in white,title in black) to front,white lettered spine/ backstrip; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present. Top+fore-edges bright and clean without blemish; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine but for a pair of tiny accidental, consecutive corner tips creases to lower corner tips of pp1-4 inclusive - but no other dog-ear reading creases to any other pages' corners - else would appear unread,apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original plain navy blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip,a black headband and immaculate plain dark blue endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-305pp [paginated] includes 10 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,Rudyard Kipling epigraph (from 'The Secret of the Machines'),2pp blanks at the rear, followed by acknowledgements and then a further 2pp blanks. Britain has lost the Falklands War,Margaret Thatcher battles Tony Benn for power and Alan Turing achieves a breakthrough in artificial intelligence.In a world not quite like this one,two lovers will be tested beyond their understanding. 'Machines Like Me' occurs in an alternative 1980s London.Charlie,drifting through life and dodging full-time employment,is in love with Miranda,a bright student who lives with a terrible secret.When 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.This near-perfect human is beautiful,strong and clever – a love triangle soon forms.These three beings will confront a profound moral dilemma. Ian McEwan’s subversive and entertaining new novel poses fundamental questions: what makes us human? Our outward deeds or our inner lives? Could a machine understand the human heart? This provocative and thrilling tale warns of the power to invent things beyond our control. Want more Ian McEWAN** titles? For similar and other titles please search my MODERN FIRSTS, MODERN FIRSTS2, 1001 books You Must Read Before You Die and SIGNED catalogues too. View my 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die catalogue for other books and suggested reading in it. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included or FREE.That offer available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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