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The Cockroach is a satirical novella by the author Ian McEwan, published in 2019 by Jonathan Cape, inspired by Kafka's The Metamorphosis and loosely based on the ramifications of Brexit.
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A cockroach becomes a human and the prime minister of the UK in this novel that reverses Kafka's The Metamorphosis. McEwan mocks the Brexit debate, the political leaders and the media in a humorous and original way.
In an extended short story, a cockroach hijacks the body of the Prime Minister, Jim Sams, at a time of political crisis (not Brexit, but a deeply contentious economic proposal which has split the nation).
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25 de set. de 2019 · McEwan’s slim new novel is about a cockroach that wakes up in the body of a man who happens to be the prime minister of the United Kingdom.
A man wakes up as a giant cockroach and becomes the prime minister of Britain in this Kafkaesque comedy. The Cockroach is a political satire that explores the Brexit crisis and the rules of democracy.
