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A Long Way Down
by Nick Hornby | Literature & Fiction
Registered by goatgrrl of New Westminster, British Columbia Canada on Saturday, May 05, 2007
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Journal Entry 1 by goatgrrl from New Westminster, British Columbia Canada on Saturday, May 05, 2007

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By the author of High Fidelity, About a Boy and How to Be Good. Purchased on a whim from the Quality Paperback Book Club. 


Journal Entry 2 by goatgrrl from New Westminster, British Columbia Canada on Friday, May 18, 2007

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A Long Way Down tells the story of four Londoners who meet on a rooftop on New Year's Eve, each intending to leap to their deaths. Instead of making the jump, the four would-be leapers -- an American drummer from a failed rock band, a fifty-something morning television personality, a multiply pierced teenager and an elderly woman -- form a gang of sorts, distracting themselves from their own misery by focusing on a series of projects related to the lives of the others. This was an engaging enough novel, but nowhere near as clever as Hornby's previous novels (High Fidelity, About a Boy and How to Be Good). Recommended as a reasonable summer beach/cottage read. 


Journal Entry 3 by goatgrrl at Queen's Park - details in notes in New Westminster, British Columbia Canada on Tuesday, May 22, 2007

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Released 4 yrs ago (5/22/2007 UTC) at Queen's Park - details in notes in New Westminster, British Columbia Canada

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I'll be leaving this book (encased in a weatherproof "Free Book" bag) on a bench somewhere in Queen's Park, as I walk through there about 2 pm today. Best wishes and happy reading to whomever picks it up. 




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