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The Cockroach

Ian McEwan

First published September 2019
Type Short Fiction
Length Novella

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. <i>That morning, Jim Sams, clever but by no means profound, woke from uneasy dreams to find himself transformed into a gigantic creature ...</i>

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September 2019 Cover The Cockroach Jonathan Cape Chapbook 1
October 2019 Cover The Cockroach Jonathan Cape Chapbook 1
October 2019 Cover The Cockroach Anchor Books Chapbook
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