From the prizewinning 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 Ballards High RiseThis book is a serious vibe CosmopolitanLara 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 longterm 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 Its not a bad life And it distracts her from thinking about the other life she left behind five years agoUntil one day she is selected for the employee mentorship scheme an initiative run by the ships mysterious captain and selfanointed 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 farUtterly original mischievous and thoughtprovoking The Odyssey is a merciless takedown of consumer capitalism and our anxious illfated 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 shed do almost anything to avoid getting there
