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A Long Way Down
- Author
- Nick Hornby
- Narrator
- various
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publish Date
- 6 February 2014
- Run Time
- 8 hours 14 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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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
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Impossible to put down . . . enthralling
Guardian
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Extremely funny . . . and wise
Sunday Times
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A page-turning plot and rich, funny characters with several big laughs on every page . . . Hornby's best yet
Literary Review
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Hornby pins down the age in which we live with precision and comic brilliance
Guardian
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Hugely enjoyable
Irish Times
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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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Hornby's portrayal of four characters who accidentally meet on top of a tower block, all ready to jump to their death on New Year's Eve, manages to be sensitive and empathetic, but damn funny as well. My new Hornby favourite
Observer
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Brilliant, smart and funny . . . a cello suite about how to go on living. It's hard to imagine a novel more darkly and sublimely devoted to life
Boston Globe
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Generous and wise. Right from the opening pages, a smile played continually across my face
GQ
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Details
- Author
- Nick Hornby
- Narrator
- various
- Duration
- 8 hours 14 minutes
- Release Date
- 6 February 2014
- ISBN
- 9780241000182
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Genre
- Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Humorous fiction, Narrative theme: social issues / social problems
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin. '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.
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