{"product_id":"9781529112924","title":"The Cockroach","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): McEwan, Ian, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 27\/09\/2019,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 112 pages,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Vintage,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: Vintage Publishing,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: Modern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781529112924\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKafka meets The Thick Of It in a bitingly funny new political satire from Ian McEwan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat morning, Jim Sams, clever but by no means profound, woke from uneasy dreams to find himself transformed into a gigantic creature. Jim Sams has undergone a metamorphosis.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNothing must get in his way: not the opposition, nor the dissenters within his own party. Not even the rules of parliamentary democracy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith trademark intelligence, insight and scabrous humour, Ian McEwan pays tribute to Franz Kafka's most famous work to engage with a world turned on its head.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35022633336985,"sku":"9781529112924","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9781529112924.jpg?v=1602537103","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9781529112924","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}