A brilliant novel from the bestselling author of high fidelity, about a boy, and a long way down. A long way down by nick hornby 2005, cd, unabridged for. Shortlisted for the 2005 whitbread award and the commonwealth writers prize, a long way down is a darkly hilarious and moving novel by bestselling author nick hornby. The first edition of the novel was published in 2005, and was written by nick hornby. His other works, high fidelity 1995, about a boy 1998 and how to be good 2001 all ended up in new york times bestsellers. Signin to download and listen to this audiobook today. If camus had written a grownup version of the breakfast club, the result might have had more. This is my 1st book by a contemporary british author, nick hornby born 1957. Nick hornby is the author of the internationally bestselling novels high fidelity, about a boy, a long way down, slam, juliet, naked, and funny girl, as well as several works of nonfiction. Best of nick hornby score a books total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book.
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A wise, affecting novel from the beloved, awardwinning author of funny girl, high fidelity, and about a boy. A long way down audiobook extract read by pauline mclynn. The main conflict of this story is that maureen, jj, martin, and jess are meant to be suicidal. Join britney and brad as they jump off the roof this new year with a fantastic episode covering the audiobook for a long way down by nick. Hornby has also edited two sportsrelated anthologies.
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