num_pages: 259
description: A wise, affecting novel from the beloved, award-winning author of Funny Girl, 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.
language: English
title: A Long Way Down
titlecomplete: A Long Way Down
characters: Martin Sharp, JJ, Jess Crichton, Maureen
genres: Fiction, British Literature, Mental Health, Comedy, Humor, Adult, Novels, Contemporary, Adult Fiction, Audiobook
ratings_count: 86978
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
category: Fiction
publisher: Penguin