In London in the 1980s, hapless Charlie is in love with brilliant Miranda, who has a terrible secret. When Charlie strikes it rich, he splurges on Adam, one of the first synthetic humans. Together, Charlie and Miranda create Adam's personality from scratch. The finished Adam is almost perfect, and the three soon fall into a questionable love triangle. In Machines Like Me, Ian McEwan poses some moral dilemmas that'll definitely throw you for a loop.