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Ein witziger, trauriger und wunderbar einfühlsamer Roman über vier ganz unterschiedliche Menschen, die zufällig an einem Silvesterabend aufeinander treffen und deren Leben sich durch dieses Treffen für immer verändert ...

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´Extremely funny . . . and wise´ Sunday Times

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE
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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 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.
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´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

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Impossible to put down . . . enthralling Ruth Rendell Guardian

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Hornby, Nick
Nick Hornby is the author of six bestselling novels: High Fidelity; About a Boy; How to be Good; A Long Way Down; Juliet, Naked; and Funny Girl; as well as a novel for young adults, Slam. His non-fiction includes Fever Pitch, 31 Songs, The Complete Polysyllabic Spree and Stuff I´ve Been Reading. He has written numerous screenplays including the Oscar-nominated An Education and Brooklyn.

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