The Cockroach

Paperback, 112 pages

English language

Published Sept. 27, 2019 by Jonathan Cape.

ISBN:
978-1-5291-1292-4
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2 stars (11 reviews)

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.

With 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.

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Review of 'Die Kakerlake' on 'Goodreads'

2 stars

Die Kafka-Analogie ist offensichtlich und den Brexit anhand des Reversalismus zu thematisieren ist eine schöne Idee. Mir gefällt auch das Gedankenspiel mit der Umkehrung des Geldflusses, aber so richtig geflutscht hat es für mich insgesamt leider trotzdem nicht - das mag aber auch an der Übersetzung liegen, weil stellenweise hatte ich den Eindruck, dass es im Original stimmiger sein könnte.
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Review of 'The Cockroach' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

One wonders what McEwen was thinking when he published this Thinly disguised ridicule of Britain’s Brexiteer leaders. It’s really in a vein Perhaps more suited to a John Crace column. While Not lacking in humour, I’m glad it didn’t go on too long – unlike for the British, where the cockroaches remain at the tiller.

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