{"product_id":"the-cockroach-9780593082423","title":"The Cockroach","description":"\u003cb\u003eA brilliant, of-the-moment political satire like no other: here is Ian McEwan's Brexit-era take on Kafka's \u003ci\u003eMetamorphosis\u003c\/i\u003e, centered on a cockroach transformed into the prime minister of England. An Anchor Original.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThat morning, Jim Sams, clever but by no means profound, woke from uneasy dreams to find himself transformed into a giant creature.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJim 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this bitingly funny Kafkaesque satire, Ian McEwan engages with scabrous humor a very recognizable political world and turns it on its head.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-11818126\"\u003eIan McEwan\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Anchor Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/08\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 5.10w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593082423\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0593082427\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC037000\"\u003ePolitical\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC052000\"\u003eSatire\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC060000\"\u003eHumorous | Black Humor\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIan McEwan is the bestselling author of seventeen books, including the novels \u003ci\u003eNutshell\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e The Children Act\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eSweet Tooth\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eSolar\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize; \u003ci\u003eSaturday\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eAtonement\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award and the W. H. Smith Literary Award; \u003ci\u003eThe Comfort of Strangers\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBlack Dogs\u003c\/i\u003e, both shortlisted for the Booker Prize; \u003ci\u003eAmsterdam\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Booker Prize; and \u003ci\u003eThe Child in Time\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Whitbread Award; as well as the story collections \u003ci\u003eFirst Love, Last Rites\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Somerset Maugham Award, and \u003ci\u003eIn Between the Sheets\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ewww.ianmcewan.com","brand":"Anchor Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42698244817133,"sku":"9780593082423","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_6f0450a2-c078-451c-9539-255fd7d1b9d4.jpg?v=1649897202","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-cockroach-9780593082423","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}