The Cockroach

A brilliant, of-the-moment political satire like no other: here is Ian McEwan's Brexit-era take on Kafka's Metamorphosis, centered on a cockroach transformed into the prime minister of England. An Anchor Original.

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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Anchor Books
Published: 10/08/2019
ISBN: 9780593082423
Pages: 112
Weight: 0.27lbs
Size: 7.80h x 5.10w x 0.40d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 10/21/2019
Kirkus Reviews 11/01/2019