A Long Way Down (Hardcover)

from loafhunter13

-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. 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. Hor...

from actonbell

Maureen, Martin, JJ, and Jess just happen to meet up one New Year's Eve on the roof of Topper's House, an establishment in London, but they're not there to celebrate the New Year. Each of these four people have made four different journeys to Topper's House to--top themselves, as the British woul...

from flourish_leslie

Although I just finished the book two days ago, it took me a few minutes to remember what happens at the very end of A Long Way Down. Nick Hornby's novel begins, essentially, with its climax. Four people decide independently to go to a certain London rooftop, called Topper's House, to kill themse...

from liveshipvivacia

I've heard this wasn't his best book, but having read no other Nick Hornby books to compare it to, I have to say this was excellent. I really felt for the characters, even if some of them are "tossers", and it was easy to read and get through the story. Not only this, but I felt every character's...

from dodger

At first glace Nick Hornby's A Long Way Down appears to be a book about suicide and death; however, it ultimately becomes a story about living. Through four--well-written--first person accounts, we meet Martin, Jess, Maureen, and JJ--four people with little in common: except that they all want to...