1. How are adult characters represented in the novel, and how do they compare to the younger characters?

2. To what extent are technological advances used to assist, rather than hinder, the people in the novel? How might the Fenmen help us arrive at an answer?

3. How significant is Major Arnold's role in the book?

4. If Idris is so unhappy, why does he not use Laura to make things better?

In what ways is he prevented from helping his country?

5. Why does Westall have Henry and Keri travel by motorcycle? Does it add meaning to their journey?

6. Henry is offered an opportunity to get help from Blocky's strange demon.

Why does Henry choose not to do so, and what does this tell us about good and evil in the novel?

7. How does the novel treat its female characters? Does Keri's behavior in the Fenlands reveal an...