Nick Hornby on His New Novel, 'A Long Way Down'
Nick Hornby's latest novel, A Long Way Down, follows a group of suicidal people who meet on the top of a building.
The latest novel from best-selling English author Nick Hornby, A Long Way Down, focuses on a group of suicidal people who accidentally meet atop a tall building -- and how that meeting changes their fates. He also writes "Stuff I've Been Reading," a column for The Believer magazine. Many of Hornby's novels have been made into films, including About a Boy, High Fidelity and Fever Pitch.
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