I loved this, It's a really beautiful, thoughtful and entertaining look at artificial intelligence. The premise is a bit of a feckless young man, Charlie, who is interested in AI and anthropology, comes into some money and decides to splash it all on a new 'robot'. A 'living' 'breathing' machine who is almost impossible to tell apart from people. Only twelve Adams exist, and 13 Eves. The story is how Adam and our protagonist live together, along with the young woman who lives upstairs who soon becomes Charlie's girlfriend.
The story is set in the 80's, but in an alternative history, where the UK loses the Falklands war and Alan Turing has helped advance AI so as to make the creation of the Adam and Eves possible. I found the whole plot original and fascinating. There are so many ideas explored in a way which is deep, but not forced or laboured. The main theme being morality in many forms, and how it fits into the criminal justice system. It leaves the reader with lots to think about, and at the same time is a good read, a real mastery of writing.
