Nick Hornby: A Long Way Down (Audiobook extract) Read by Pauline McLynn by Penguin Books UK published on 2014-02-06T10:34:23Z An extract from the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of A Long Way Down, Nick Hornby's hilarious bestseller about strangers and secrets, now a major motion picture starring Rosamund Pike and Pierce Brosnan. '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 of cold pizza later and these four strangers are suddenly allies. But is their unlikely friendship a good enough reason to carry on living? Read by Nicky Henson, Pauline Mclynn, Beattie Edmondson and Christopher Ragland. Genre Nick Hornby Comment by user59966800 Get to the point 2014-12-30T00:25:45Z