by Alexander Masters
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I don't even know how to begin reviewing Stuart: A life Backwards. Well, I guess I should start at the beginning - which, of course, is actually the end of Stuart's story. Don't worry, it's not as confusing as it sounds. The book opens with Stuart Shorter, an "ex-homeless, ex-junkie psychopath", tel...
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Marvellous. A biography and also a tale of the friendship between “rageous” Stuart, a homeless, chaotic man, and the author, an advocate for the homeless. Not sentimental or sloppy, “told with humour, horror, and exasperation” says the blurb. That sums it up nicely.
I think I just could not get into this book. I don't know if it was because the story was backwards or just the style of writing, but it was just too much work for a book.
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