{"product_id":"stuart-a-life-backwards","title":"Stuart: A Life Backwards","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\nPublished: in UK in 2019\u003cbr\u003e\nPublisher: HarperCollins Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\nPages: 304\u003cbr\u003e\nLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003e\nISBN 13: 9780008329723\u003cbr\u003e\nISBN 10: 0008329729\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alexander Masters","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32884179730535,"sku":null,"price":13.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0282\/6066\/3399\/products\/0008329729_5e486d60-e7ee-48f2-bcfd-2a1ac00bb7cd.jpg?v=1601998664","url":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareandsons.com\/products\/stuart-a-life-backwards","provider":"Shakespeare \u0026 Sons Buchhandel GmbH","version":"1.0","type":"link"}