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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

The Odyssey

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    A Paperback by Lara Williams

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
      Published 1/21/2022
      ISBN-13 9780241502815
      978-0241502815
      ISBN-10 0241502810
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      Fiction Contemporary Fiction

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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

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