{"product_id":"9780007374144","title":"Stuart: A Life Backwards","description":"\u003cp\u003e‘Stuart does not like the manuscript. He’s after a bestseller, “like what Tom Clancy writes”. “But you are not an assassin trying to frazzle the president with anthrax bombs,” I point out. You are an ex-homeless, ex-junkie psychopath, I do not add.’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the story of 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 homeless, knife-wielding thief. Told backwards – Stuart’s idea – it starts with a deeply troubled thirty-two-year-old and ends with a ‘happy-go-lucky little boy’ of twelve. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alexander Masters","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47267875684501,"sku":"9780007374144","price":15.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780007374144.jpg?v=1776889987","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780007374144","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}