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The Cockroach (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780593082423)
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xA 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. Don't miss Ian McEwan's new novel, Lessons.
Author: Ian McEwan
ISBN-10: 0593082427
ISBN-13: 9780593082423
Publisher: Anchor Books
Language: English
Published: 10/08/2019
Pages: 112
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.27lbs
Size: 7.80h x 5.10w x 0.40d
Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 10/21/2019
Kirkus Reviews 11/01/2019
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. Don't miss Ian McEwan's new novel, Lessons.
Author: Ian McEwan
ISBN-10: 0593082427
ISBN-13: 9780593082423
Publisher: Anchor Books
Language: English
Published: 10/08/2019
Pages: 112
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.27lbs
Size: 7.80h x 5.10w x 0.40d
Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 10/21/2019
Kirkus Reviews 11/01/2019
By Ian McEwan
xIAN MCEWAN is the critically acclaimed author of seventeen novels and two short story collections. His first published work, a collection of short stories, First Love, Last Rites, won the Somerset Maugham Award. His novels include The Child in Time, which won the 1987 Whitbread Novel of the Year Award; The Cement Garden; Enduring Love; Amsterdam, which won the 1998 Booker Prize; Atonement; Saturday; On Chesil Beach; Solar; Sweet Tooth; The Children Act; Nutshell; and Machines Like Me, which was a number-one bestseller. Atonement, Enduring Love, The Children Act and On Chesil Beach have all been adapted for the big screen.
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