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Rescued from a charity shop in Kings Heath.

Edit 10th September 2013: Reserving for Leeds Unconvention.

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Picked this up from the book buffet on the Leeds Unconvention.

Very moving, shocking, compassionate, but clear and unsentimental. A complex life with little, if any real self pity. Amazing strength to make something of the dog ends, broken glass, abuse, injustice, substance/drug/alcohol misuse and anarchy of life. The book makes you think and review any preconceptions.
What Alexander Masters extrapolates from Stuart is a remarkable, incredible tale of a life lived on the edge at all times. Sometimes a river of words flow out of him. Sometimes they elude him (especially when recounting the worst parts of his life). But the author manages to get to the bottom of most of it and the reading is harrowing.

Adding to the bookring with a name in the title.

Adding to the bookring with a name in the title.

Taken from "name" bookring

A very moving biography but with quite a bit of humour. What a lovely, unconventional friendship Stuart and Alexander had.

Sending as a RABCK.

Wow! Thank you so much for for the amazing 5 wish granting RABCK package! I thought I was just getting the one book. Will do my best to get them moving again ASAP.