{"product_id":"the-odyssey-10","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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This book is a serious vibe' Cosmopolitan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Lara Williams is the queen of smart modern satire. I could read her all day' Emma Jane Unsworth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMeet 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUtterly 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":"Default Title","offer_id":57601943044422,"sku":"9780241991657","price":12.39,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0852\/3081\/3510\/files\/5869ed0c017c7ee7f320c6e5f685173278e178715edd1b819a0847ac4d5f5306.jpg?v=1792060631","url":"https:\/\/www.averdo.com\/en\/products\/the-odyssey-10","provider":"Averdo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}