New Paperback Edition Of The Most Original And Captivating, Award-Nominated Memoir Of The Year. 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.