{"product_id":"9780008329723_stuart-a-life-backwards","title":"Stuart: A Life Backwards","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe winner of the Guardian First Book Award that reinvented the biographic form.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\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. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eStuart: A Life Backwards\u003c\/em\u003e expanded the possibilities of what a biography could be: the stories it could tell, and how it could tell them. It 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold 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","brand":"Alexander Masters","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46897359618197,"sku":"9780008329723","price":22.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780008329723_b49d803f-0f11-4358-8493-fd4943bf9a83.jpg?v=1776888343","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780008329723_stuart-a-life-backwards","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}