A Long Way Down

Author: Nick Hornby

List Price: $24.95

Pages:352

Publisher: Riverhead Hardcover (June 7, 2005)

Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.6 x 1.2

ISBN: 1573223026

In his eagerly awaited fourth novel, New York Times-bestselling author Nick Hornby mines the hearts and psyches¹ of four lost souls who connect just when they've reached the end of the line.

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 riveting² 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, hilarious³, provocative⁴, and moving, A Long Way Down is a novel about suicide that is, surprisingly, full of life.