The Odyssey

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<p><b>From the prize-winning author of <i>Supper Club</i> comes a wickedly funny and slyly poignant new satire on modern life - for fans of <i>My Year of Rest and Relaxation, Convenience Store Woman, </i>and J. G. Ballard's <i>High Rise<br><br></i></b><b>'This book is a serious vibe' <i>Cosmopolitan</i><br><br>'Lara Williams is the queen of smart modern satire. I could read her all day' Emma Jane Unsworth</b><br><br>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.<br><br>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?<br><br>Utterly original, mischievous and thought-provoking, <i>The Odyssey</i> 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...</p>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9780241991657

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

195 x 126 x 16 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2023

Verlag / Hersteller

Penguin Books Ltd (UK)