Stuart A Life Backwards - Softcover

Alexander Masters

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0007790171 ISBN 13: 9780007790173

Publisher: Harper Collins Promotion, 2006

Synopsis

The story of Stuart Shorter,a homeless beggar that the author met living near his home.

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Review:

'It will surely prove to be the debut of the year.' Andrew O'Hagan, Telegraph

'I feel so strongly about this strange, funny, sad book that I hardly know where to begin ... My enthusiasm feels almost limitless. A page-turner...the structure of Stuart is a masterstroke, allowing buried secrets to be uncovered like hunks of beef beneath silver domes.' Observer

'One of the most unusual biographies of recent years ... one of 2005's outstanding debuts.' Metro

'A bitterly funny book.' Guardian

'Funny and original, a startling book ... By the end I was doubled up in tears, but throughout I was often doubled up with laughter. It is dazzling.' Vogue

'A remarkable biography. Not since John Healey's classic memoir The Grass Arena has life on the street been catalogued with such candour and to such illuminating effect ... unforgettably moving. A gripping read." Tim Lott, Sunday Times

'This is a very rare and moral and haunting book, the best of its kind since Alan Bennett's The Lady in the Van. On the way to telling the story of one homeless man, Alexander Masters manages to tell a compelling story about modern Britain, and a new and sometimes funny story about the trials of authorship. A great first book: I think it should replace the Gideon Bible in every hotel room in Britain.' Andrew O'Hagan'It will surely prove to be the debut of the year.' Andrew O'Hagan, Telegraph

'I feel so strongly about this strange, funny, sad book that I hardly know where to begin ... My enthusiasm feels almost limitless. A page-turner...the structure of Stuart is a masterstroke, allowing buried secrets to be uncovered like hunks of beef beneath silver domes.' Observer

'One of the most unusual biographies of recent years ... one of 2005's outstanding debuts.' Metro

'A bitterly funny book.' Guardian

About the Author:

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

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper Collins Promotion
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0007790171
• ISBN 13: 9780007790173
• Binding: Paperback