A Long Way Down

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'Can I explain why I wanted to jump off the top of a tower block?'

For disgraced TV presenter Martin Sharp the answer's pretty simple: he has, in his own words, 'pissed his life away'. And on New Year's Eve, he's going to end it all ... But not, as it happens, alone. Because first single-mum Maureen, then eighteen-year-old Jess and lastly American rock-god JJ turn up and crash Martin's private party. They've stolen his idea - but brought their own reasons.

Yet it's hard to jump when you've got an audience queuing impatiently behind you. A few heated words and some slices of cold pizza later and these four strangers are suddenly allies. But is their unlikely friendship a good enough reason to carry on living?

Nick Hornby's hilarious bestseller about strangers and secrets, now a major motion picture starring Rosamund Pike and Pierce Brosnan.

Critics Review

  • Impossible to put down . . . enthralling

    Guardian

  • Extremely funny . . . and wise

    Sunday Times

  • A page-turning plot and rich, funny characters with several big laughs on every page . . . Hornby’s best yet

    Literary Review

  • Hornby pins down the age in which we live with precision and comic brilliance

    Guardian

  • Hugely enjoyable

    Irish Times

  • Masterful . . . some of the finest writing, and some of the most outstanding characters I’ve ever had the pleasure of reading

    Johnny Depp

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