A Life Discarded by Alexander Masters Format:Hardback and for the next twenty

and for the next twenty years travelled the world's oceans before settling permanently in London as an author

While some speeches are heard by millions

much like their eventual demise

reads like a fast-paced John le Carre thriller

A Life Discarded by Alexander Masters Format:Hardback and for the next twentyAlexander Masters is the most unorthodox of biographers, said Victoria Segal in The Sunday Times. Rather than finding his subjects neatly shelved in libraries, he trips over them in doorways like the homeless hero of Stuart: A Life Backwards or discovers them in his basement. The subject of his latest book isnt merely unknown to the public; even Masters himself, initially, doesnt know who it is. The book begins in 2001, when a friend discovers, in a