Random Home presents the audiobook release of Devices Like Me by Ian McEwan, read by Billy Howle.

Britain has lost the Falklands battle, Margaret Thatcher fights Tony Benn for power and Alan Turing achieves a breakthrough in artificial cleverness. In a global not quite like this one, two lovers will be tested beyond their understanding.

Machines Like Me personally occurs in an option 1980s London. Charlie, drifting through existence and dodging full-time work, is in love with Miranda, a bright pupil 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 character. This near-perfect individual is beautiful, solid and smart – a like triangle quickly forms. These three beings will confront a profound moral dilemma. Ian McEwan’s subversive and amusing new novel poses fundamental queries: what makes us human? Our outward deeds or our internal lives? Could a machine understand the individual center? This provocative and fascinating story warns of the power to invent issues beyond our control.