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FEATURED AUTHOR: IAN MCEWAN English novelist and screenwriter Ian McEwan masterfully pens tales that range from elegant, macabre short stories to enduring, psychologically probing novels, including Atonement, which was adapted into an Oscar Award-winning film in 2007. His latest novella, The Cockroach, takes the beginning of Ka a’s The Metamorphosis and reverses it: Jim Sams wakes up to discover that he is no longer a cockroach, but a man, specifically the Prime Minister of Great Britain. As Sams gains more power, the novella spirals into a thinly veiled sa re on Brexit as well as other mely poli cal issues, resul ng in a cathar c read for those unsa sfied with their elected The Cockroach officials. Pair this one with other books that offer By Ian McEwan relevant, searing commentary—such as Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments or Salman Rushdie’s The Golden House—or McEwan’s other tles below.
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The Children Act
Sweet Tooth
Solar
On Chesil Beach
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