The odyssey / Lara Williams.

Author
Williams, Lara (Writer of Treats) [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • London : Hamish Hamilton Ltd., 2022.
  • ©2022
Description
190 pages ; 22 cm

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    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...
    ISBN
    • 0241502810 (paperback)
    • 9780241502815 (paperback)
    OCLC
    1258780053
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