Author of Stuart: A Life Backwards and The Genius in My Basement

Reviews

What the critics said about Stuart
What the critics said about Stuart

A selection of press reviews of Stuart: A Life Backwards — from the broadsheets, the BBC and beyond. The book was widely praised for its humour, its honesty and its unconventional, backwards structure.

  • John Bird'Troubled boys'
  • Melanie McGrath, Evening Standard'A comedy of errors and horrors charmingly told'
  • Anne Garvey, The Times'The madman on Level D'
  • Tim Lott in Sunday Times'On the edge of darkness'
  • Independent On line"Book Review"
  • Guardian Unlimited review'Down and out with Dregs and Giro'
  • Sunday Times On line'Explaining the inner death of a good man'
  • BBCBBC 'Open Book' 11 Dec, 2005
  • Boy, InterruptedReview by POLLY MORRICE Published: July 2, 2006