THE COCKROACH

a brilliant, of-the-moment political satire like no other, from the booker prize winner and bestselling author of atonement. kafka meets the world of brexit in this bitingly funny novel centered on a cockroach transformed into the prime minister of england.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. don't miss ian mcewan's new novel, lessons, available now.