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‘Can I explain why I wanted to jump off the top of a tower block?’ For disgraced TV presenter Martin Sharp the answer’s pretty simple: he has, in his own words, ‘pissed his life away’. And on New Year’s Eve, he’s going to end it all à But not, as it happens, alone. Because first single-mum Maureen, then eighteen-year-old Jess and lastly American rock-god JJ turn up and crash Martin’s private party. They’ve stolen his idea û but brought their own reasons. Yet it’s hard to jump when you’ve got an audience queuing impatiently behind you. A few heated words and some slices of cold pizza later and these four strangers are suddenly allies. But is their unlikely friendship a good enough reason to carry on living?

Juliet, Naked is bestselling author Nick Hornby's moving, funny account of life's second chances Annie's put fifteen years into safe, slightly obsessive Duncan, and now she'd like her money back, please. It's time to move on. But she lives in Gooleness, the north's answer to a question nobody asked. Is she really going to find real, proper, feel-it-deep-down-in-your-boots love on a damp and windy seafront? Or perhaps she should follow her heart and pursue Tucker, the reclusive American rock star, who keeps emailing her his smart advice. But between Annie and her second chance lie a few obstacles. There's Malcolm, the world's most judgemental therapist, and Barnesy, the north's most extrovert dancer. There's what men and women will do and won't do for love. And, of course, there's Tucker. . . Hilarious and tender, this bestselling novel will move you in ways both profound and surprising. It's Nick Hornby at his brilliant best. If you like David Nicholls, David Sedaris and Jonathan Coe you will love this book. 'Hornby's best novel to date' Spectator 'Sharply funny, touching' Daily Telegraph 'Pitch-perfect' Observer Nick Hornby has captivated readers and achieved wide critical acclaim for his comic, well-observed novels About a Boy, How to be Good, A Long Way Down (shortlisted for the Whitbread Award), Slam and High Fidelity. His three works of non-fiction, 31 Songs (shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award), Fever Pitch (winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award) and The Complete Polysyllabic Spree are also available from Penguin.

Une épopée titubante : l’autobiographie (à peine fictive), d’un écrivain à la dérive qui mange trop, boit trop, multiplie les déboires socio-sexo professionnels, avant de glisser dans la routine des hôpitaux psychiatriquesà

La nuit du Nouvel An, à Londres, quatre personnages atypiques, déçus par leur existence et bien décidés à faire le grand saut, se retrouvent sur le toit d'un immeuble de quatorze étages... Martin, présentateur vedette de la télévision, dont la carrière et la famille ont été brisées par un scandale retentissant ; Maureen qui n'en peut plus de s'occuper, seule, d'un fils handicapé ; Jess, souffrant d'une grosse peine de c?ur, pleine d'amertume (et d'alcool) ; et enfin JJ, jeune Américain dont les rêves de devenir rock star ont finalement disparu. Outre le désespoir, ce quatuor improvisé a en commun... une petite faim et retrouve peu à peu, autour d'une pizza, le goût de la vie.