The swells Aitken, Will 1949- creator author. text novel Fiction. Sea fiction. Satirical literature. onc 2022 2022 monographic eng print 261 pages ; 21 x 14 cm "In this darkly hilarious satire by the inimitable Will Aitken, class war erupts aboard a luxury cruise ship. A boatload of white privilege, The Emerald Tranquility is the most luxurious cruise liner afloat, its passengers some of the richest people in the world. Meanwhile the ship's crew, overworked and underpaid, live packed tightly together in airless below-deck cabins. The passengers encounter a great number of cataclysms at sea, but no matter the catastrophe, the great ship always sails on. Briony, a globetrotting luxury travel writer, emulates the rich -- though homeless and penniless herself -- as she hops from gig to all-expenses-paid gig. On her own personal voyage, she encounters Mrs. Moore, an enigmatic woman of advanced age clandestinely fomenting a mutiny on this bountiful ship. With the captain overthrown, roles quickly reverse: the crew become the ship's new leisure class and the aged passengers learn how to mop floors and scrub toilets. Confused and terrified by the resultant chaos, Briony must decide which lot to cast her fate with in this savage satire of the way we live now."-- Will Aitken. Issued also in electronic format. Cruise ships Fiction Rich people Fiction Social conflict Fiction Canadian fiction 21st century Canadian fiction Cruise ships Rich people Social conflict 2000-2099 fast PS3551.I95 S94 2022 813/.54 819.32 A39.4 cci1icc Swells Aitken, Will, 1949- Toronto: Anansi, 2022 (OCoLC)1262139727 9781487009694 1487009690 NLC 210420 20220315160744.4 in00004562131 eng