内容简介
KafkameetsTheThickOfItinabitinglyfunnynewpoliticalsatirefromIanMcEwan.Thatmorning,JimSams,cleverbutbynomeansprofound,wokefromuneasydreamstofindhimselftransformedintoagiganticcreature.JimSamshasundergoneametamorphosis.Inhispreviouslifehewasignoredorloathed,butinhisnewincarnationheisthemostpowerfulmaninBritain–anditishismissiontocarryoutthewillofthepeople.Nothingmustgetinhisway:nottheopposition,northedissenterswithinhisownparty.Noteventherulesofparliamentarydemocracy.Withtrademarkintelligence,insightandscabroushumour,IanMcEwanpaystributetoFranzKafka’smostfamousworktoengagewithaworldturnedonitshead.
作者简介
IanMcEwanisthecriticallyacclaimedauthorofseventeenbooks.Hisfirstpublishedwork,acollectionofshortstories,FirstLove,LastRites,wontheSomersetMaughamAward.HisnovelsincludeTheChildinTime,whichwonthe1987WhitbreadNoveloftheYearAward;TheCementGarden;EnduringLove;Amsterdam,whichwonthe1998BookerPrize;Atonement;Saturday;OnChesilBeach;Solar;SweetTooth;TheChildrenAct;andNutshell,whichwasaNumberOnebestseller.Atonement,EnduringLove,TheChildrenActandOnChesilBeachhaveallbeenadaptedforthebigscreen.