Going Out - Softcover

Scarlett Thomas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1841157627 ISBN 13: 9781841157627

Publisher: Harpercollins Pub Ltd, 2003

Synopsis

'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.

About this title

Book Description:

'A modern take on The Wizard of Oz that will be thoroughly enjoyed by all fans of Douglas Coupland.' Daily Mail

From the Inside Flap:

Luke is allergic to everything. He spends his days in a sterile safe-haven designed to keep out all light and dirt, while everything he knows about the world comes from books, movies, the internet and whatever his best-friend Julie tells him. He would do anything to go outside.

Julie, brilliant and kind, could be out changing the world. Unfortunately, she’s too afraid of airplane crashes, highway accidents, and potentially life-threatening bacteria to leave her hometown, her pointless waitress job, or Luke.

Charlotte’s boyfriend dropped dead from a brain hemorrhage. She disappeared for awhile, but now she’s decided that she misses her friends.

David has just been diagnosed with testicular cancer. Consequently, he’s no longer wants to spend his days making pizza to pay for school. His priorities in life are changing; he just doesn’t know how, yet.

Leanne has just discovered that she may or may not have magic powers.

When this motley bunch befriends a lottery winner with a generous heart, they all embark on a hysterical and heartwarming journey in search of the healer who just might be able to cure Luke, and perhaps give them the answers they didn’t know they were looking for.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harpercollins Pub Ltd
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1841157627
• ISBN 13: 9781841157627
• Binding: Paperback