The Odyssey av Lara Williams

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<b>From the prize-winning author of <i>Supper Club</i> comes a wickedly funny and slyly poignant new satire on modern life - for fans of <i>My Year of Rest and Relaxation, Convenience Store Woman, </i>and J. G. Ballard''s <i>High Rise<br><br></i>''Far from normal'' <i>The Times</i><br><br>''This book is a serious vibe'' <i>Cosmopolitan</i><br><br>''Lara Williams is the queen of smart modern satire. I could read her all day'' Emma Jane Unsworth</b><br><br> 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. <br><br>Until one day she is selected for the employee mentorship scheme - an initiative run by the ship''s mysterious captain and self-anointed