Kockroach
A Novel
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Kockroach
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William Lashner
When a cockroach awakens to find himself turned into some pale, horrid creature, he needs to learn how to survive and thrive within the human world. A phantasmic noir for fans of Kafka and Kerouac, of Hammitt and Highsmith and Camus.
It is the mid-1950s, and Kockroach, perfectly content with his life infesting a fleabag hotel off Times Square, awakens to discover that somehow he’s been transformed into, of all things, a human. A tragic turn of events, yes, but cockroaches are awesome coping machines, so Kockroach copes.
Step by step, he learns the ways of man—how to walk, how to talk, and how to wear a jaunty brown fedora. Led by his primitive desires and insectile amorality, he navigates through the bizarre human realms of crime, business, politics, and sex. Will he find success or be squashed flat from above? Will he change humanity, or will humanity change him?
©2027 William Lashner (P)2027 Blackstone Publishing