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The Odyssey (Paperback)
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The Odyssey (Paperback)
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List price R439
Loot Price R355
Discovery Miles 3 550
You Save R84 (19%)
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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...
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