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Questa storia comincia nel cuore dell'Inghilterra in un ventoso pomeriggio d'inizio millennio. A Cambridge, in mezzo al fango di un cantiere edile e ai resti scheletrici di un frutteto, vengono ritrovati 148 diari di un autore ignoto, gettati tra i rifiuti da una mano anonima. Pagine fitte di una scrittura esile e urgente, pallida come un respiro, duemilacinquecento parole al giorno aggiunte riga dopo riga con foga e disciplina. Per una vita i...

Alexander Masters, the bestselling author of Stuart: A Life Backwards, asks you to join him in celebrating an unknown and important life left on the scrap heapIn 2001, 148 tattered and mold-covered notebooks were discovered lying among broken bricks in a bin on a building site in Cambridge, England. Tens of thousands of pages were filled to the edges with urgent handwriting. They were a small part of an intimate, mysterious diary, starting in ...

A new book from the author of the award winning "Stuart: A Life Backwards" and "The Genius In My Basement". In 2001, 148 notebooks were found in a skip in Cambridge. They were a small part of an intimate, anonymous diary, starting in 1952 and ending half a century later. Over 5 years, Alexander Masters uncovered the identity and real history of their author, with an astounding final revelation. *Also appeared in March Buyer's Notes*

Now in paperback, this is the latest book from the prize-winning author of "Stuart: A Life Backwards". It's the story of 148 diaries which were found in a skip in Cambridge in 2001, and how Alexander Masters uncovered the identity and history of their author.

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A tre anni Simon Norton costruiva piramidi di moltiplicazioni, a cinque giocava con la tabellina del 91. Poi vennero risultati sbalorditivi in tutti gli ordini di scuole fino al Trinity College di Cambridge, e infine l'ingresso nell'équipe del professor Conway, impegnata a tracciare i confini dell'Atlante dei gruppi finiti - una delle più grandi pubblicazioni matematiche della seconda metà del secolo scorso. Nel 1985 il trentatreenne Norton eb...

One of the most insightful and unusual biographies to emerge in recent years. This traces the life of Stuart Shorter, a homeless thief and alcoholic whom Masters was friends with before he stepped in front of a train. Masters describes Stuart's life in reverse order, charting his times on the street and in prison back to a violent childhood.

An intimate portrait of an everyday genius

Hailed in Britain as "devastating, " "inspirational" ("Saturday Telegraph"), "heartbreaking" ("Saturday Telegraph Magazine") and "hilarious" ("The Spectator"), Masters presents the tragic yet honest story of a boy whose life left the rails early and just kept going.

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