In his new book, one of Britain's best writers asks the most important questions: what makes us human? What determines our actions and inner world? Can a machine understand the human heart? The plot centers on an alternative history. Britain lost the Falklands War, and Alan Turing made a breakthrough in the creation of artificial intelligence: this world is different from ours, and even love in it lives according to different laws. In an alternative London in the 1980s, lost loser Charlie falls in love with Miranda, a girl with a great past. secret. When Charlie suddenly comes into possession of money, the first thing he does is buy Adam, one of the first androids. Together with Miranda, they create Adam's identity. The new creature is an almost ideal person. And soon the trio forms a love triangle.