Nick Hornby
Nick Hornby reads from his work at the Bloomsbury theatre tonight
7pm, UCL Bloomsbury Theatre, 15 Gordon Street, WC1. £6, £4 concs. Tube: Euston. Tel: 020 7292 5100
Few can challenge novelist Nick Hornby's skill or popularity as the chronicler of the middle-aged everyman in crisis.
His latest work, A Long Way Down, sees him expand his range: this time four suicidal saddos find themselves vying for prime position on the roof of a London building famous for its highrise jumping qualities one New Year's Eve.
Solidarity takes over and the foursome form an improbable but effective self-help group instead, promising to meet up again on Valentine's Day.
Each character tells their own story in a voice that's distinctive, yet always Nick Hornby's own. Tonight he talks to journalist Francine Stock about his remarkable career, and reads from his work.
