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.
Publisher: Penguin Books LtdISBN: 9780241991657Number of pages: 208Weight: 151 gDimensions: 197 x 128 x 12 mm
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