Stuart had an unusual ability to reflect on his own circumstances honestly and a desire to tell his story and understand his life. Eager for Alexander to "get it right", Stuart took issue with the first draft of the book and came up, instead, with a stroke of genius: "Do it the other way round.
Make it more like a murder mystery. What murdered the boy I was? See?
Write it backwards." Alexander takes Stuart's advice and the result is remarkable. The book begins with Stuart waiting on the council housing list, on a methadone programme and looking forward to his sister's wedding: life, he said, was "finally coming together". The next day he was killed when he stepped in front of a train.
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