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The cockroach

by Ian McEwan

Following a metamorphosis, Jim Sams rises to power as the British Prime Minister. He seeks to carry out the will of the people by bypassing political opposition and the conventions of parliamentary democracy.

Accession 17778 ISBN 9781529112924 Publisher Jonathan Cape
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