8 May 2012

A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby

Title: A Long Way Down
Author: Nick Hornby
Blurb: 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.

Yes it's hard to jump when you've got an audience queuing impatiently behind you. A few heated words and some slices of cold pizza later and these four strangers are suddenly allies. But is their ulikely friendship a good enough reason to carry on living?

Film rights were rumoured to have been bought, by Hollywood actor Johnny Depp, before this book even made it to publication. It is currently in pre-production, and is currently set to star Emile Hirsch, Pierce Brosnan and Toni Collette (subject to change, of course), with a release date of "2013".


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