The Cockroach

A brilliant, of-the-moment political satire like no other, from the Booker Prize winner and bestselling author of Atonement. Kafka meets the world of Brexit in this bitingly funny novel centered on a cockroach transformed into the prime minister of England. That morning, Jim Sams, clever but by no means profound, woke from uneasy dreams to find himself transformed into a giant creature. Jim Sams has undergone a metamorphosis. In his previous life he was ignored or loathed, but in his new incarnation he is the most powerful man in Britain--and it is his mission to carry out the will of the people. Nothing must get in his way; not the opposition, nor the dissenters within his own party. Not even the rules of parliamentary democracy. In this bitingly funny Kafkaesque satire, Ian McEwan engages with scabrous humor a very recognizable political world and turns it on its head. DonÆt miss Ian McEwanÆs new novel, Lessons, coming in September!

• | Author: Ian McEwan
• | Publisher: Anchor
• | Publication Date: Oct 08, 2019
• | Number of Pages: 112 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/Fiction
• | ISBN-10: 0593082427
• | ISBN-13: 9780593082423