Masters, Alexander,  1965- <br/><br/>
STUART:  A LIFE BACKWARDS / 
ALEXANDER MASTERS 
 - 4th Estate Matchbook Classics edition 1 
 - 294 pages :  illustrations ;  20 cm 
 - 4th Estate Matchbook Classics .
 - 4th Estate matchbook classics .
<br/><br/> Originally published: 2005<br/> 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references 
<br/><br/> 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 about it, Alexander) and a chaotic, knife-wielding beggar whom he gets to know during a campaign to release two charity workers from prison. Interwoven into this is Stuart's confession: the story of his life, told backwards. 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). Funny, despairing, brilliantly written and full of surprises: this is the most original and moving biography of recent years. 
<br/><br/> Winner of the Guardian First Book Award 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780008329723  RM49.90 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Shorter, Stuart, 1968-2002. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Homeless persons --Great Britain --Biography<br/>Drug addicts--Great Britain--Biography
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Biography
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>305.5692092