Stuart by alexander masters paperback harpercollins. The quotations that make up much of the text are verbatim, based on recordings made because stuart wanted masters to write this book. Awardwinning british drama based on the biography by alexander masters. Racing through the proof copy, i took it at first to be a blackly comic novel. Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them. Welcome,you are looking at books for reading, the stuart a life backwards, you will able to read or download in pdf or epub books and notice some of author may have lock the live reading for some of country. A life backwards kindle edition by masters, alexander. Masters, alexander 2011, the genius in my basement, harper collins ome, isbn 9780007445271. Stuart was homeless, with many of the problems this subsection of english society display alcoholism, drugaddiction, crime, violence scattered with glimpses of the authors friendship with stuart in the years before his death, masters gives us stuarts life in reverse, tracing his route backwards through the postoffice heists and attempts at suicide and the spells inside many of this. A life backwards is a biography by alexander masters of his friend stuart. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. A life backwards has been shortlisted for the samuel.
It explores how a young boy, somewhat disabled from birth, became mentally unstable, criminal and violent, living homeless on the streets of cambridge. A life backwards was universally loved by the reading. Paperback, download audiounabridged edition hardcover. Alexander masters tripped over his first book subject on a cambridge sidewalk, and the result was the multiawardwinning bestseller stuart.
A unique biography of a homeless man and a complete portrait of the hidden underclass. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 300 pages and is available in hardcover format. Stuart a life backwards by alexander masters abebooks. The story revolves around reclusive author alexander benedict cumberbatch and homeless alcoholic stuart tom hardy who become friends when they meet during a campaign to release two charity workers from prison. A life backwards, asks you to join him in celebrating an unknown and important life left on the scrap heap in 2001, 148 tattered and moldcovered notebooks were discovered lying among broken bricks in. In this extraordinary book, alexander masters has created a moving portrait of a troubled man, an unlikely friendship, and a desperate world few ever.
In this extraordinary book, alexander masters presents a moving portrait of a troubled man, an unlikely friendship, and the. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading stuart. The main characters of this non fiction, biography story are. Stuart rnib supporting blind and partially sighted people.
Id seen the film and absolutley loved it thanks to benedict cumberbatch and tom hardy. Alexander masters, the bestselling author of stuart. I have rarely been so affected by a book and reading about the life of stuart shorter was a terrifying experience. If it wasnt for stuart s full disclosure and willingness to share his life story, there would be no stuart, a life backwards. But you are not an assassin trying to frazzle the president. So here it is, my attempt at the story of stuart shorter, thief, hostage taker, psycho and sociopath street raconteur, my spy on how the british chaotic underclass spend their troubled days at the beginning of this century. Shocking, inspiring, and hilarious by turns, stuart. Jun 11, 2006 a backwards life revealed in stuart alexander masters spent five years working in hostels for the homeless. This acclaimed book by alexander masters is available. It won masters critical praise and a television movie.
In this extraordinary book, alexander masters has created a moving portrait of a troubled man, an unlikely friendship, and a. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Alongside this alexander looks backwards over stuart s adult life and childhood to try and discover what went wrong with his life. My only regret or concern is that at the end of the book i was surprised to see that alexander masters did not thank stuart shorter for providing the material for this book. The first edition of the novel was published in january 10th 2012, and was written by adam johnson.
In this remarkable book, a masterful act of biographical restoration, alexander masters retraces stuart s troubled journey. Pdf stuart a life backwards masters alex ander janet dailey ltd file id d34248d creator. I feel so strongly about this strange, funny, sad book that i hardly know where to begin. Free download or read online the orphan masters son pdf epub book. A life backwards is a writers quest to give voice to a man who, beneath his forbidding exterior, has a message for us all. Through the pale tesco stripes of his supermarket bag i.
A life backwards, the new book by alexander masters, deserves every accolade that can be awarded. A life backwards by alexander masters when i found out that this was one of the 25 books i had won from booka i was really excited. Told backwards stuart s idea it starts with a deeply troubled thirtytwoyearold and ends with a happygolucky little boy of twelve. The first edition of the novel was published in 2005, and was written by alexander masters. Masters is able to show us the real person behind the homeless and chaotic life and he does so in a way that the story reads somewhat like a thriller with clues being thrown out gradually until the whole picture becomes clear. Through the pale tesco stripes of his supermarket bag i can see the. A life backwards is a remarkable account of a free fall into the state that british social workers label chaotic homelessness. What alexander masters extrapolates from stuart is a. A whodunit journey back in time, it begins with masters meeting a drunken stuart lying on a sidewalk in cambridge, england, and leads through layers of hell. A life backwards was universally loved by the reading groups stuart does not like the manuscript. In this extraordinary book, alexander masters has created a moving portrait. Its a british biography of a homeless man as told by his social.
In this extraordinary book, alexander masters has created a moving portrait of a troubled man, an unlikely friendship, a. I dont know, alexander, sometimes it gets so bad you cant think of nothing better to do than make it worse. Stuart a life backwards download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl. Dec, 2015 enyearold boy who was stuart before his long, sprawling, dangerous fall. Along the way he met stuart, a homeless, drugaddicted excon. A backwards life revealed in stuart alexander masters spent five years working in hostels for the homeless. As stuart tells alexander about his traumatic life, alexander asks stuart if he can write his story. A life backwards, isbn 9780385341080 buy the simon ebook.
Stuart, a life backwards is both touching and funny. Stuart a life backwards download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. A life backwards expanded the possibilities of what a biography could be. Stuart was homeless, with many of the problems this subsection of english society display. Click download or read online button to get stuart a life backwards book now. A life backwards in this extraordinary book, alexander masters has created a moving portrait of a troubled man, an unlikely friendship, and a desperate world few ever see.
In this extraordinary book, alexander masters has created a moving portrait of a troubled man, an unlikely. Pdf the orphan masters son book by adam johnson free. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 443 pages and is available in hardcover format. 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, knifewielding beggar whom he gets to know during a campaign to release two charity workers from prison. A life backwards by alexander masters and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Alexander masters has won the guardian first book award for his biography of. This brilliant biography, winner of the guardian first book award, presents a humbling portrait of homeless life, and is. A life backwards, the 2007 bbc dramatization of his biography of stuart shorter. A life backwards by alexander masters books library. Told backwards stuarts idea it starts with a deeply troubled thirtytwoyearold and ends with a. A life backwards by alexander masters available from rakuten kobo. Masters own insights into the torturous process of writing his book and into the results of his own research into the issue of homelessness are similarly to the point.
Stuart by alexander masters overdrive rakuten overdrive. A life backwards by alexander masters harpercollins. 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, knifewielding beggar whom he gets to know during a. This brilliant biography, winner of the guardian first book award, presents a humbling portrait of homeless life, and is as extraordinary and unexpected as the man it describes. Pdf stuart a life backwards download full pdf book. A life backwards, published in 2005, masters set out to explore the life of a wholly unknown man he had met begging on a street in cambridge.
Hes after a bestseller, like what tom clancy writes. A gripping whodoneit journey back in time, it begins with masters meeting a drunken stuart lying on a sidewalk in cambridge, england, and leads through layers of hellback through crimes and misdemeanors, prison and homelessness. And a lot has gone wrong with stuart s life, from gluesniffing, to drug addiction and alcoholism, from minor crime to car theft, robbery, violence and possible charges of attempted murder. Digital rights management drm the publisher has supplied this book in encrypted form, which means that you need to install free software in order to unlock and read it. Stuart by alexander masters and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. A life backwards is a biography by alexander masters of his friend stuart clive shorter, formerly, at various times, a prisoner and a career criminal. Jan 02, 2006 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, knifewielding beggar whom he gets to know during a campaign to release two charity workers from prison. In this extraordinary book, alexander masters has created a moving portrait of a troubled man, an unlikely friendship, and a desperate world few ever see. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. Therefore it need a free signup process to obtain the book. Alexander masters is an author and homeless worker.
With a keen writers eye, a gift for narrative and a friendship that lasted only four years, masters recounts the life of stuart clive shorter whose untimely death in 2002 inspired this work. Told backwards stuarts idea it starts with a deeply troubled thirtytwoyearold and ends with a happygolucky little boy of twelve. A gripping whodoneit journey back in time, it begins with masters meeting a drunken stuart lying on a sidewalk in cambridge, england, and. Stuart shorters brief life was one of turmoil and chaos. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. Xpdf characters of this non fiction biography story are the book has been awarded with guardian stuart a life backwards kindle edition by alexander masters download it. A life backwards by alexander masters librarything. Alexander masters has been portrayed by benedict cumberbatch in stuart. In a life backwards, stuart gradually takes the author alexander masters and the reader back in time and shows how his life experiences as a child and young adult shaped him into becoming the person that alexander sees which is an unstable adult who eventually looses his life. A life backwards, by alexander masters the independent. A life backwards by alexander masters in this extraordinary book, alexander masters has created a moving portrait of a troubled man, an unlikely friendship, and a desperate world few ever see. A life backwards, asks you to join him in celebrating an unknown and important life left on the scrap heap in 2001, 148 tattered and moldcovered notebooks were discovered lying among broken bricks in a bin on a building site in cambridge, england. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read.