The Cockroach
novella by McEwan
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The novella The Cockroach (2019) by Ian McEwan is inspired by Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis. The story is a political allegory that uses the metaphor of a cockroach to explore the themes of Brexit (the British exit from the European Union). McEwan is known for his restrained prose that often accentuates dark humor and perverse subject matter, though his later works have focused more on family dynamics and political intrigue.12
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