02106nam a22003617i 4500 174890 174890 PPAK 20191112115810.0 191111t20192005enka g 000 0beng d 9780008329723 RM49.90 paperback PPAK eng PPAK rda 23 305.5692092 305.5692092 MAS G Masters, Alexander, 1965- author. STUART: A LIFE BACKWARDS / ALEXANDER MASTERS 4th Estate Matchbook Classics edition 1 London : 4th Estate, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2019 ©2005 294 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm rdacontent text rdamedia unmediated rdacarrier volume 4th Estate Matchbook Classics Originally published: 2005 Includes bibliographical references 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. Winner of the Guardian First Book Award Shorter, Stuart, 1968-2002. Homeless persons Biography Great Britain Drug addicts Biography Great Britain Biography 4th Estate matchbook classics ddc B 0 0 PPAK G 2019-11-24 1 305.5692092 MAS A01619883 2023-12-21 13:16:03 2023-12-17 B 0 0 PPAK G 2019-11-24 305.5692092 MAS A01619884 2019-11-24 00:00:00 B 0 0 SP G 2019-11-24 305.5692092 MAS A01619885 2019-11-24 00:00:00 B