Description
A wise, affecting novel from the beloved, award-winning author of Dickens and Prince, High Fidelity, and About A Boy.
New York Times-bestselling author Nick Hornby mines the hearts and psyches of four lost souls who connect just when they've reached the end of the line. A Long Way Down is now a major motion picture from Magnolia Pictures starring Pierce Brosnan, Toni Collette, Aaron Paul, and Imogen Poots. Meet Martin, JJ, Jess, and Maureen. Four people who come together on New Year's Eve: a former TV talk show host, a musician, a teenage girl, and a mother. Three are British, one is American. They encounter one another on the roof of Topper's House, a London destination famous as the last stop for those ready to end their lives. In four distinct and riveting first-person voices, Nick Hornby tells a story of four individuals confronting the limits of choice, circumstance, and their own mortality. This is a tale of connections made and missed, punishing regrets, and the grace of second chances. Intense, hilarious, provocative, and moving, A Long Way Down is a novel about suicide that is, surprisingly, full of life.
Author: Nick Hornby
Publisher: Riverhead Books
Published: 05/06/2014
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.10w x 1.10d
ISBN13: 9781594633560
ISBN10: 1594633568
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Humorous | Black Humor
- Fiction | Psychological
New York Times-bestselling author Nick Hornby mines the hearts and psyches of four lost souls who connect just when they've reached the end of the line. A Long Way Down is now a major motion picture from Magnolia Pictures starring Pierce Brosnan, Toni Collette, Aaron Paul, and Imogen Poots. Meet Martin, JJ, Jess, and Maureen. Four people who come together on New Year's Eve: a former TV talk show host, a musician, a teenage girl, and a mother. Three are British, one is American. They encounter one another on the roof of Topper's House, a London destination famous as the last stop for those ready to end their lives. In four distinct and riveting first-person voices, Nick Hornby tells a story of four individuals confronting the limits of choice, circumstance, and their own mortality. This is a tale of connections made and missed, punishing regrets, and the grace of second chances. Intense, hilarious, provocative, and moving, A Long Way Down is a novel about suicide that is, surprisingly, full of life.
Author: Nick Hornby
Publisher: Riverhead Books
Published: 05/06/2014
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.10w x 1.10d
ISBN13: 9781594633560
ISBN10: 1594633568
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Humorous | Black Humor
- Fiction | Psychological
About the Author
Nick Hornby is the author of six internationally bestselling novels (High Fidelity, About a Boy, How to Be Good, A Long Way Down, Slam and Juliet, Naked) and several works of non-fiction, including Fever Pitch. His screenplay for the film An Education was nominated for an Academy Award. He lives in Highbury, north London.