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Discuss art, life, culture and creativity at the monthly Members Book Club. The titles on the reading list for June to October 2024 connect to ideas in the exhibition ‘Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses’.

Machines Like Me (2019) by Ian McEwan

Set in an alternative 1980s London, Machines Like Me follows Charlie as he drifts through life dodging full-time employment. Charlie 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. This provocative and thrilling tale warns of the power to invent things beyond our control.

Ticket includes light refreshments. Members receive 20% off current and past Book Club titles from the QAGOMA Store.

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June – October 2024 reading list

• The Seamstress of Sardinia (2022) by Bianca Pitzorno

• Phosphorescence (2020) by Julia Baird

• Machines Like Me (2019) by Ian McEwan

• Remarkably Bright Creatures (2023) by Shelby van Pelt

• The Feather Thief (2019) by Kirk Wallace Johnson