The Tin Men

Automation experts at The William Morris Institute are developing machines to execute all of life's routine tasks. The machines can do anything from writing pornographic novels, resolving ethical dilemmas, saying prayers or watching sports, allowing us more free time to enjoy. However, things get out of hand when the Institute's madcap researchers decide to program the computers to receive a royal visit from the Queen. The Tin Men, Michael Frayn's comic first novel, is a hilarious and outrageous satire that won the Somerset Maugham Award. This 50th anniversary reissue, including a new introduction by the author, is a humorous farce that will keep you in stitches.