Going Out

by ScarlettThomas (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  2012

  $3.44

  Luke is twenty-five and allergic to the sun. He is stuck in his bedroom, where the world comes to him through TV, the internet and Julie's visits. Julie, meanwhile, is brilliant, kind and could be changing the world. Unfortunately she is too terrified of aeroplane crashes, road accidents and potentially life-threatening bacteria to leave her home town. When someone contacts Luke and claims that he can cure him, Luke and Julie have to deal with their fears and face the world outside. With four friends, wellies and a homemade space suit, they set off in a VW Camper van along Britain's B-roads. It is a journey that might just change their lives.

• Used

  Paperback
  2003

  $3.44

  'Fans of Coupland and Murakami: here is your new favourite author.' Matt Thorne He wants to go out. She wants to stay in. For some reason, they are best friends. Luke is allergic to the sun. Tewnty-five and housebound, he's stuck in his bedroom where the world comes to him through TV, the internet and Julie's nightly visits. It is October 2000, and he has vowed to find a cure for his allergy by the end of the year. While Luke searches the internet for healers, Julie is happy living with her dad, working at the local retail park and thinking about maths theorems that no one else understands. As long as she doesn't have to leave home, everything's OK. When a healer contacts Luke and claims that he can cure him, the two have to face their fears and embark on a journey that might just change their lives. With four friends -- Charlotte, David, Leanne and Chantel, and armed with rolls of tin foil, wellies and a homemade space suit -- they set off in a VW Camper van in the rain, driving on B-roads through the October floods, not knowing what they might find.

• New

  Paperback
  2012

  $10.85

  Luke is twenty-five and allergic to the sun. He is stuck in his bedroom, where the world comes to him through TV, the internet and Julie's visits. Julie, meanwhile, is brilliant, kind and could be changing the world. Unfortunately she is too terrified of aeroplane crashes, road accidents and potentially life-threatening bacteria to leave her home town. When someone contacts Luke and claims that he can cure him, Luke and Julie have to deal with their fears and face the world outside. With four friends, wellies and a homemade space suit, they set off in a VW Camper van along Britain's B-roads. It is a journey that might just change their lives.