Rebecca's review
Stuart : A Life Backwards
by Alexander Masters
Rebecca's review
Stuart : A Life Backwards by Alexander Masters
Rebecca's review
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Very sad, but very funny in places too. How the author managed to pull together a coherent story out of this 'chaotic' homeless person's life is some achievement - though apparently it was Stuart's suggestion that he started with 'now' and went 'backwards'. It works. What's most touching about this book is the genuine but unlikely friendship they developed. You find yourself rooting for Stuart, but also screaming in frustration. Makes you think about the darker things you would rather pretend didn't really happen, and in cosy Cambridge too. Stuart's teacher's letter at the back of the version I read (some freeby from a paper) is all the more poignant knowing what happened.


