A LONG WAY DOWN

Extremely funny . . . and wise Sunday Times NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE __________________________ Can I explain why I wanted to jump off the top of a tower block? For disgraced TV presenter Martin Sharp the answers pretty simple: he has, in his own words, pissed his life away. And on New Years Eve hes 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 Martins private party. Theyve stolen his idea - but brought their own reasons. Yet its hard to jump when youve 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. __________________________ Hornbys best yet Literary Review Impossible to put down Ruth Rendell, Guardian Some of the finest writing Ive ever had the pleasure of reading Johnny Depp