{"product_id":"the-cockroachbooks","title":"The Cockroach","description":"\u003cb\u003eA brilliant, of-the-moment political satire like no other, from the Booker Prize winner and bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eAtonement. \u003c\/i\u003eKafka meets the world of Brexit in this bitingly funny novel centered on a cockroach transformed into the prime minister of England.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003eDon’t miss Ian McEwan’s new novel, \u003ci\u003eLessons.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"McEwan, Ian","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (Adult Fiction)","offer_id":44150594502880,"sku":"","price":8.4,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0330\/3125\/8248\/files\/BNCImageAPI_2c5968a3-b4d8-4c35-a347-97839f475019.jpg?v=1692795173","url":"https:\/\/agricola-street-books.myshopify.com\/products\/the-cockroachbooks","provider":"Agricola Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}