{"product_id":"lara-williams-the-odyssey-9780241991657","title":"The Odyssey","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 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...","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Used - very good","offer_id":53340982116694,"sku":"9780241991657-V","price":4.89,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Used - good","offer_id":53232499589462,"sku":"9780241991657-G","price":3.49,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/5829\/5382\/files\/product_image_9780241991657_1_28634b4c-cc13-4aa2-aeb0-b6a1dad88f91.jpg?v=1781212260","url":"https:\/\/www.momoxbooks.com\/products\/lara-williams-the-odyssey-9780241991657","provider":"momoxbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}