The Odyssey | Lara Williams

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 RiseThis book is a serious vibe.
(Cosmopolitan)Lara Williams is the queen of smart modern satire.
I could read her all day.
-- Emma Jane UnsworthMeet 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...