u003cbu003eA brilliant, of-the-moment political satire like no other: here is Ian McEwan's Brexit-era take on Kafka's u003ciu003eMetamorphosisu003c/iu003e, centered on a cockroach transformed into the prime minister of England. An Anchor Original.u003c/bu003e u003cpu003eu003ciu003eThat morning, Jim Sams, clever but by no means profound, woke from uneasy dreams to find himself transformed into a giant creature.u003c/iu003e u003cpu003eJim 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. u003cpu003eIn this bitingly funny Kafkaesque satire, Ian McEwan engages with scabrous humor a very recognizable political world and turns it on its head.
