A Long Way Down

by Nick Hornby

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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?

  • ISBN10 0140287027
  • ISBN13 9780140287028
  • Publish Date 6 April 2006 (first published 1 January 2005)
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 29 July 2010
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 272
  • Language English