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The Cockroach

Ian McEwan
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Duration
2h 13m
Year
2019
Language
English
Publisher
Knopf Canada

About

Kafka meets the world of Brexit in a bitingly funny political satire from Ian McEwan

That morning, Jim Sams, clever but by no means profound, woke from uneasy dreams to find himself transformed into a gigantic creature.

Jim Sams has undergone a metamorphosis. In his previous six-legged existence he was ignored or loathed, but in his new incarnation he has woken up to discover he is the most powerful man in Britain: the Prime Minister. His mission: a nationalist revival, with or without Europe. 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 humour a very recognizable political world and turns it on its head.

Related Subjects

  • Satire
  • Adult Fiction
  • General (Adult Fiction)
  • Political
  • General (Humorous)
  • Humorous
  • Dark Humor

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Ian McEwanAuthor
Bill NighyReader

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