A great first book' Andrew O'Hagan 'Good books like this appear about once every five years.

Short-listed for Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction 2005įrom the reviews of Stuart: 'Unique and wonderful' Daily Mail 'This is a very rare and haunting book. Short-listed for Whitbread Book Awards: Biography Category 2005 Short-listed for British Book Awards: Biography of the Year 2006 Funny, despairing, brilliantly written and full of surprises: this is the most original and moving biography of recent years. With humour, compassion (and exasperation) Masters slowly works back through post-office heists, prison riots and the exact day Stuart discovered violence, to unfold the reasons why he changed from a happy-go-lucky little boy into a polydrug-addicted-alcoholic Jekyll and Hyde personality, with a fondness for what he called 'little strips of silver' (knives to you and me).

Interwoven into this is Stuart's confession: the story of his life, told backwards. about it, Alexander) and a chaotic, knife-wielding beggar whom he gets to know during a campaign to release two charity workers from prison. Stuart, A Life Backwards, is the story of a remarkable friendship between a reclusive writer and illustrator ('a middle class scum ponce, if you want to be honest. OL13637859W Page_number_confidence 95.68 Pages 326 Partner Innodata Ppi 300 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20200611161636 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 713 Scandate 20200530162836 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9780007200375 Tts_version 3.A major new launch for the paperback edition of the most original, capitvating and award-winning memoir of the year. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 11:01:25 Boxid IA1813501 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier

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