by Nick HornbyFour people meet on a roof on New Years' Eve. They've each gone up there with the intention of killing themselves and didn't bargain on company.
A Long Way Down is from the perspective of each of these people. Their stories aren't dressed up or dressed down. They are put out there in their nakedness. We can judge for ourselves or not judge at all.
General consensus: Skillful and brilliant. Hornby captures rage courageously. (Maybe for him it's just the way it is but I know for a lot of writers it would be impossible to be that honest.) I felt weird laughing over suicide but Hornby makes it funny!
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