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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...
| Titel | The Odyssey |
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| Sprache | Englisch |
| Titel | The Odyssey |
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| Sprache | Englisch |
| Autor/-in | Lara Williams |
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| Verlag | Penguin Books |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2022 |
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| Erscheinungsdatum | 21.04.2022 |
| Einbandart | Softcover |
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| Seiten | 208 |
| Themenbereich | Dramatik |
| Gewicht | 0.21 kg |
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| Höhe | 216 mm |
| Breite | 135 mm |
| Dicke | 15 mm |
| ISBN | 978-0-241-50281-5 |
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