Stuart

: A life backwards

by Alexander Masters.

4th April, 2019

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The winner of the Guardian First Book Award that reinvented the biographic form.

One of the ten books - novels, memoirs and one very unusual biography - that make up our Matchbook Classics' series, a stunningly redesigned collection of some of the best loved titles on our backlist.

Stuart: A Life Backwards expanded the possibilities of what a biography could be: the stories it could tell, and how it could tell them. It is about a remarkable friendship between a reclusive writer ('a middle-class scum ponce, if you want to be honest about it, Alexander'), and Stuart Shorter, a thief, hostage-taker, psycho and street raconteur.

Told backwards - Stuart's idea - it starts with a deeply troubled thirty-two-year-old stepping out in front of the 11.15 train from London to King's Lynn, and ends with a 'happy-go-lucky little boy' of twelve. Compelling, humane and funny, it is as extraordinary and unexpected as the life it describes.

Details & Specs

Author: Alexander Masters

Publisher: 4th Estate

Format: Paperback

ISBN: 9780008329723

Publication Date: 4th April, 2019

Pages: 294

Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 22 mm

Notes: illustrations (black and white)

Availability: Available, usually dispatched within 7 days

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