{"product_id":"the-cockroach","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 \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.","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48833723859149,"sku":"9780593082423","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0557\/1529\/9533\/files\/imageloader_967f11b9-48ec-4f2e-b719-1d167b6ede2b.jpg?v=1790894470","url":"https:\/\/booksatmidnight.com\/products\/the-cockroach","provider":"Books At Midnight","version":"1.0","type":"link"}