{"product_id":"9781529112924","title":"The Cockroach","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  McEwan, Ian \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eEngland\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 27 September 2019 by Vintage Publishing (Vintage).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 112 pages\u003cbr\u003e129 x 196 x 10 | 110g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKafka meets The Thick Of It in a bitingly funny new political satire from Ian McEwanThat morning, Jim Sams, clever but by no means profound, woke from uneasy dreams to find himself transformed into a gigantic creature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Far From The Madding Crowd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43925307916547,"sku":"9781529112924","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0404\/3207\/4914\/files\/9781529112924_8a68a2fe-57db-4c0a-8b11-c2a2a23dc900.jpg?v=1731405505","url":"https:\/\/www.maddingcrowdlinlithgow.live\/products\/9781529112924","provider":"Far From The Madding Crowd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}