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The Cockroach by Ian McEwan is a humor available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Cockroach about?
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.
Who reads The Cockroach?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Ian McEwan
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group;Anchor Books
- Published
- 2019
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780593082423
- Category
- humor
- Subjects
- Fiction, Literary Fiction, Contemporary Fiction
- Rating
- 3.9 / 5 (1,446 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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