A Long Way Down

\'Extremely funny . . . and wise\' Sunday TimesNOW 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 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. __________________________\'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 Σελίδες: 272, Διαστάσεις: 13x13cm