A Long Way Down

yep he is one of the best, or, if not, THE best English literature prodigy there is right now, he is just amazing when it comes to describing human behaviour and describe their train of thoughts, and his latest novel, prooves that more than anything.

we are talking about Nick Hornby here, author of About a boy, High Fidelity, How To Be good.

i waited for his latest novel for like a year or so, a time in which i just kept on searching for his bloody book everywhere in this city, and finally the bookstore called me and told me that it has released and i just left whatever i was doing that time and just rushed to the bookstore and got it.

now about the book, one good way to describe this book is, Unique. for the way its written.

unlike other novel, which is just plain story, nick hornby creates 4 characters namely, Martin, a tv host whose life has gone down the drain and has lost his job, Maureen, a lady who does not have a life cuz she is spending the whole time of it on her disabled son, Jess a lost Teenage girl looking for her bf which "fucked her away", and JJ a rock god (apparently) whose career and life went down the drain .

all these characters ended up meeting on the top of toppers house wanting to kill themselves, and instead found each other and ended up making a pact, what follows is one hell of a story of supporting each other to live, supporting in a more realistic way, thats what nick hornby does best.

and why its unique, well here is y, nick hornby sorta Plays the characters separately, so like in the first part nick hornby writes about Martin's point of view and whats running through his mind and then jess's and then Maureen and so on and so forth, and describe each characters feelings and thoughts about one another (sorta what they do in reality tv shows where they put the contestant aside and tell them to face the camera and tell them what they are thinking) and in the process we are brought into the minds of these four amazing characters.

this Novel is worth the wait and struggle. Nick Hornby has done it again. smart, brilliant, funny, sad, just splendid and yea, wicked too, mate!