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''Extremely funny . . . and wise'' Sunday Times

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE
__________________________

''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

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Impossible to put down . . . enthralling * Guardian *

A Long Way Down

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
      Published 2 January 2014
      ISBN-13 9780241969953
      978-0241969953
      ISBN-10 0241969956
      Also in:
      Contemporary Fiction Satire & Humour

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      ''Extremely funny . . . and wise'' Sunday Times

      NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE
      __________________________

      ''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

      Trade Review
      Impossible to put down . . . enthralling * Guardian *

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