A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby
#8 in my book challenge for the year was A Long Way Down, sent to me by kind reader V. who had an extra copy. It’s about four people who meet on New Year’s Eve at the top of a building. They all intend to jump, but don’t. The story rotates through their four voices, each of which is distinct. The book is dark, funny and human. Some dismiss Hornby as light reading, but I feel he has a talent for illuminating difficult emotional aspects of characters that gives his work more than average heft.