{"product_id":"9781529112924","title":"The Cockroach","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: McEwan, Ian\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eEngland\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished on 27 September 2019 by Vintage Publishing (Vintage).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 112 pages\u003cbr\u003e129 x 196 x 10 | 110g\u003cp\u003eKafka meets The Thick Of It in a bitingly funny new political satire from Ian McEwanThat morning, Jim Sams, clever but by no means profound, woke from uneasy dreams to find himself transformed into a gigantic creature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith trademark intelligence, insight and scabrous humour, Ian McEwan pays tribute to Franz Kafka's most famous work to engage with a world turned on its head.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McEwan, Ian","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42465751924920,"sku":"9781529112924","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0509\/1953\/8872\/files\/9781529112924.jpg?v=1734708261","url":"https:\/\/octoberbooks.org\/products\/9781529112924","provider":"October Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}