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...
Ficha técnica
Editorial: Dk
ISBN: 9780241502815
Idioma: Inglés
Número de páginas: 201
Tiempo de lectura:
4h 6m
Encuadernación: Tapa blanda
Fecha de lanzamiento: 21/04/2022
Año de edición: 2022
Especificaciones del producto
Escrito por LARA WILLIAMS
És autora de _Treats, Supper Club_ i _The Odyssey_. La seva obra de ficció ha guanyat el premi Not the Booker de _The Guardian_ i ha estat nominada per a diversos premis de contes. Williams viu a Manchester i col·labora amb _The Guardian, Independent, Times Literary Supplement, Vice_ i _Dazed_, entre d'altres.