# A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby (Paperback)

**'Extremely funny . . . and wise'** _Sunday Times_

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE  
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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 if cold pizza later and these four strangers are suddenly allies. But is their unlikely friendship a good enough reason to carry on living?

**Shortlisted for the 2005 Whitbread Award and the Commonwealth Writers Prize, _A Long Way Down is a_ darkly hilarious and moving novel by bestselling author Nick Hornby.**  
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**'Hornby's best yet'** _Literary Review_

**'Impossible to put down'** Ruth Rendell, _Guardian_

**'Some of the finest writing I've ever had the pleasure of reading'** Johnny Depp

## Details

- **Price:** 9.99 GBP
- **Vendor:** Tbs-Penguin Random House Wholesale
- **Tags:** All Books, Fiction

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