'Essentially, it is kind of a love story,' said Toyne. Toyne refers to Katerina as an 'air quotes novel,' because although it's being presented as a novel, we know it's partly a memoir because Frey has acknowledged that it's about him. Ron Charles from The Washington Post writes that 'James Frey has written a memoir disguised as a novel about his first novel that was disguised as a memoir.' Is James Frey making a comeback? Jay, the hero of his first adult novel in a decade, sure isn't. And what was quite interesting is that James Frey sort of was, and remains to this day, fairly unapologetic about this,' said Day 6 books columnist Becky Toyne.ĭespite that controversy, Frey has remained popular and his new novel, Katerina, is one of the most anticipated novels of the season. 'Millions of readers, Oprah Winfrey among them, felt defrauded by this.

And the next day, his latest novel, Katerina, was released.įrey became famous, or infamous, for A Million Little Pieces, which was first published in 2003 and became a huge success, helped in part by being listed as part of Oprah's Book Club.Ī Million Little Pieceswas first published as a memoir, but in 2005, amid much controversy, it was revealed that parts of the book were not true, and so the book was later published as a semi-biographical novel. Last week, the film adaptation of his book, A Million Little Pieces, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. They cited police records, court documents and interviews with law enforcement agents which belie a number of Frey's claims regarding criminal charges against him, jail terms and his fugitive status.It's been a big month for American author James Frey. Recounted in visceral, kinetic prose, and crafted with a forthrightness that rejects piety, cynicism, and self-pity, it brings us face-to-face with a provocative new understanding of the nature of addiction and the meaning of recovery.Īn article in the Smoking Gun claimed that James Frey (author of A Million Little Pieces and My Friend Leonard) fabricated key parts of his books.

Intense, unpredictable, and instantly engaging, A Million Little Pieces is a story of drug and alcohol abuse and rehabilitation as it has never been told before. Now housed in a new brodart jacket protector.īook has tanning to pages and a few stains to blue boards. Hardcover with dust jacket in very good condition.ĭust Jacket has a few split corners, some general shelf and edge wear.

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