{"product_id":"the-cockroach-isbn-9780593082423","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.\u003cb\u003eIAN MCEWAN\u003c\/b\u003e is the critically acclaimed author of seventeen novels and two short story collections. His first published work, a collection of short stories, \u003ci\u003eFirst Love, Last Rites, \u003c\/i\u003ewon the Somerset Maugham Award. His novels include \u003ci\u003eThe Child in Time,\u003c\/i\u003e which won the 1987 Whitbread Novel of the Year Award; \u003ci\u003eThe Cement Garden; Enduring Love; Amsterdam,\u003c\/i\u003e which won the 1998 Booker Prize; \u003ci\u003eAtonement; Saturday; On Chesil Beach; Solar; Sweet Tooth; The Children Act; Nutshell; \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMachines Like Me, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich was a number-one bestseller. \u003ci\u003eAtonement, Enduring Love, The Children Act\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOn Chesil Beach\u003c\/i\u003e have all been adapted for the big screen.","brand":"Anchor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303685214437,"sku":"NP9780593082423","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780593082423.jpg?v=1767738721","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-cockroach-isbn-9780593082423","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}