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The Cockroach
By Ian McEwan
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By Ian McEwan
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Kafka meets Brexit in this satirical novella published in the wake of the political situation in the UK. The Prime Minister wakes in the body of a cockroach and wreaks havoc in the government. McEwan exercises his comedic muscles with his take on the grim state of politics, media and government today.
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 inca...
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 inca...
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