Dazzlingly funny.' ObserverWhy not programme computers to take over the really dull jobs that human beings have to do - such as praying and behaving morally? At the William Morris Institute of Automaton Research they are doing just that to free mankind for the really stimulating and demanding tasks of living today - first and foremost the impending visit of Her Majesty the Queen to open its new wing . . .'One knew, sourly, that this book was going to be funny; one did not see how it could be continuously funny ... the fun of The Tin Men is outrageous because it is so serious.' Anthony Burgess'As brilliant as all Michael Frayn's work.' P.G. Wodehouse