EAN: 9780241502815

THE ODYSSEY - LARA WILLIAMS KARTONIERT (TB)

From the prize-winning author of Supper Club comes a wickedly funny and slyly poignant new
satire on modern life - for fans of My Year of Rest and Relaxation  Convenience Store Woman 
and J. G. Ballard's High Rise'Far from normal' The Times'This book is a serious vibe'
Cosmopolitan'Lara Williams is the queen of smart modern satire. I could read her all day' Emma
Jane Unsworth Meet Ingrid. She works on a gargantuan luxury cruise liner  where she spends her
days reorganizing the merchandise and waiting for long-term guests to drop dead in the changing
rooms. On her days off  she disembarks from the ship and gets blind drunk on whatever the local
alcohol is. It's not a bad life. And it distracts her from thinking about the other life she
left behind five years ago. Until one day she is selected for the employee mentorship scheme -
an initiative run by the ship's mysterious captain and self-anointed lifestyle guru  Keith  who
pushes Ingrid further than she thought possible. But sooner or later  she will have to ask
herself: how far is too far? Utterly original  mischievous and thought-provoking  The Odyssey
is a merciless takedown of consumer capitalism and our anxious  ill-fated quests for something
to believe in. And as its title suggests  it is a voyage that will eventually lead its unlikely
heroine all the way home. Though she'd do almost anything to avoid getting there...

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