{"product_id":"9780735280472","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.","brand":"Ian McEwan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":42738832310432,"sku":"9780735280472","price":7.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":56986862125216,"sku":"9781529112924","price":7.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/8637\/5072\/files\/BNCImageAPI_f0366bf6-02b0-447f-b53e-d2eae353adfb.jpg?v=1732235425","url":"https:\/\/rivendell-books.com\/products\/9780735280472","provider":"Rivendell Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}