A Lingering Odour Of Citrus

What do you need to achieve a dream life? What is a dream life anyway, is it the same as a successful life? Young Travis Bone has a dream, but like many of us he is not entirely sure what that dream is. It soon becomes undeniably apparent that any dream life worth having is going to require money or so it appears.

You are invited on a journey, a journey that may at times seem all too familiar.
We follow the exploits of Travis, a cynical amateur philosopher as he attempts to survive the trials and tribulations most of us have to endure in the world of the gainfully employed.

Determined to make a good solid start to his working life and driven by the desire to buy his own car, Travis secures a coveted engineering apprenticeship at a local factory. Our hero quickly realises he has entered a harsh and unyielding environment, an environment where only the tough survive. With his dream life still eluding him, a battle hardened and confident Travis decides to follow an alternative path.

Attracted by the dreamlike promise of unlimited new cars, Travis becomes embroiled in the less than authentic world of the car salesman. Here he discovers a place of fantasy, where nothing is quite as it seems, a place where ability, knowledge and experience can be left at the showroom door, a place inhabited by less than genuine individuals. Pushed to the limit by targets, stabbed in the back by colleagues and ruled over by psychopaths our hero nears breaking point.

The easy life beckons when Travis is given a chance to work from home, but just how easy is it working from home? Are you one of those special individuals, an individual that never finds themselves distracted? Does such an individual even exist and if not, could they be created artificially? Travis discovers just how far his employer would be prepared to go, in order to create the perfect employee?

Recklessly disregarding his better judgement Travis embarks on a career path he is less than suited to. Ignoring his conscience, principals and beliefs he discovers just how low you have to go to successfully sell advertising.

Would you recognise an opportunity if it presented itself and would you have the courage to give it a try? Follow Travis as seemingly unrelated events lead him down the road towards self-employment.

A Lingering Odour Of Citrus is an everyman’s tale, seen through the eyes of a slightly sarcastic dreamer, intent on discovering the answer to a happy and prosperous life. A life where nothing comes easy and where every success is hard won.