The Cockroach | Novel | Political Satire | Ian McEwan | English Literature

The video talks about the political satire 'The Cockroach'. The Cockroach (2019) is a political satire by Ian McEwan. The novella is a humorous and thought-provoking reversal of Franz Kafka's famous work The Metamorphosis. While Kafka's story begins with a man turning into an insect, McEwan's novel begins with a cockroach transforming into a human being and becoming the Prime Minister of Britain.