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020			_a9780008329723 _cRM49.90 _qpaperback
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082	0	4	_223 _a305.5692092
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100	1		_aMasters, Alexander, _d1965- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aSTUART: _bA LIFE BACKWARDS / _cALEXANDER MASTERS
250			_a4th Estate Matchbook Classics edition 1
264		1	_aLondon : _b4th Estate, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, _c2019
264		4	_c©2005
300			_a294 pages : _billustrations ; _c20 cm
336			_2rdacontent _atext
337			_2rdamedia _aunmediated
338			_2rdacarrier _avolume
490	1		_a4th Estate Matchbook Classics
500			_aOriginally published: 2005
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references
520			_aStuart, 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.
586			_aWinner of the Guardian First Book Award
600	1	0	_aShorter, Stuart, _d1968-2002.
650	1	0	_aHomeless persons _vBiography _zGreat Britain
650	2	0	_aDrug addicts _vBiography _zGreat Britain
655			_aBiography
830		0	_a4th Estate matchbook classics
942			_2ddc _cB