{"product_id":"9780241991657","title":"The Odyssey by Lara Williams","description":"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'This 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.\u003cp\u003eUntil 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...\u003c\/p\u003e,\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback,\u003cbr\u003ePagination: 208 pages","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44334812889315,"sku":"9780241991657","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1701\/6275\/files\/9780241991657_34850609-7daa-4c73-9df1-8d81a797efa6.jpg?v=1716510179","url":"https:\/\/www.harbourbookshop.co.uk\/products\/9780241991657","provider":"The Harbour Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}