Stuart

A Life Backwards

Alexander Masters (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

304 Seiten

2007 | (Reissue)
HarperPerennial (Verlag)
978-0-00-724177-4 (ISBN)

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A memoir, which presents the story of a remarkable friendship between a reclusive writer and illustrator and a chaotic, knife-wielding beggar whom he gets to know during a campaign to release two charity workers from prison. It also talks about Stuart's life.

This is a highly original and captivating memoir which has captured the hearts of readers everywhere. "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.

Alexander Masters lives in Cambridge, where he has worked in a hostel for homeless people. This is his first book.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	5.2.2007
Reihe/Serie	Stranger Than . . .
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	130 x 196 mm
Gewicht	217 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Literatur ► Zweisprachige Ausgaben ► Deutsch / Englisch
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-00-724177-1 / 0007241771
ISBN-13	978-0-00-724177-4 / 9780007241774
Zustand	Neuware