A Long Way Down - Nick Hornby's hilarious bestseller about strangers and secrets.

"Can I explain why I wanted to jump off a high-rise?" For disgraced TV host Martin Sharp, the answer is quite simple: he has, in his own words, "wasted his life." And on New Year's Eve, he wants to end it all... but not, as it seems, alone. First, the single mother Maureen shows up, then the eighteen-year-old Jess, and finally the American rock god JJ, who crash Martin's private party. They have stolen his idea – but brought their own reasons. However, it's hard to jump when you have an impatient audience behind you. After a few heated words and some pieces of cold pizza, these four strangers suddenly become allies. But is their unlikely friendship a good reason to keep living?

Nominated for the Whitbread Award 2005 and the Commonwealth Writers Prize, A Long Way Down is a captivating story.