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The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 300 pages and is available in hardcover format. A gripping whodoneit journey back in time, it begins with masters meeting a drunken stuart lying on a sidewalk in cambridge, england, and leads through layers of hellback through crimes and misdemeanors, prison and homelessness, suicide. A life backwards by alexander masters in this extraordinary book, alexander masters has created a moving portrait of a troubled man, an unlikely friendship, and a desperate world few ever see. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 288 pages and is available in hardcover format. To improve this article, please refer to the relevant guideline for the type of work.
As alexander learns more about stuart s complicated life and traumatic childhood, he asks if he can write his story and stuart advises him to tell the story backwards. Stuarts life and way of thinking momentarily exposed. A life backwards is a film about human diversity and the things we all share. Stuart shorter spent his late teens and adult life alternating between the. Therefore it need a free signup process to obtain the book. The first edition of the novel was published in november 1st 2011, and was written by jann arden. A whodunit journey back in time, it begins with masters meeting a drunken stuart lying on a sidewalk in cambridge, england, and leads through layers of hell.
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