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My Friend Leonard

My Friend Leonard

by JamesFrey (Author)

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    Paperback 2005

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Synopsis

My Friend Leonard is the story of an extraordinary friendship formed in the most unlikely of circumstances. When James Frey first meets Leonard in the rehabilitation centre so powerfully described in A Million Little Pieces they are both recovering drug addicts. Despite their highly unreliable track records their shared grit and humour sparks a mutual admiration which quickly transforms into firm loyalty. Leonard himself is charismatic and contradictory; at once a magnetic father-figure and a shady mafia boss. When he leaves rehabilitation it is to return to this dubious yet prosperous life in the criminal underworld of Las Vegas. In contrast, when James leaves the centre his world seems set to implode. Unsure where to turn, James calls Leonard and he answers. Paradoxically, it is in Leonard's lawless underworld that James discovers the courage and humanity needed to rebuild his life.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 368
 Edition: Airside/Export ed
 Publisher: John Murray Pub.
Published: 09 May 2005
ISBN 10: 0719561167
ISBN 13: 9780719561160

Media Reviews
'My Friend Leonard will go some way to cementing his reputation as one of the finest young writers around.' -- Irish Examiner 20050604 'Excellent ! Frey's storytelling feels compulsive, involuntary ! poignant and tragic. The forthcoming film will almost certainly be a cult hit ! The good thing about Frey is that he writes as if he needs to; I hope his new compulsion thrives' -- William Leith, Spectator on A MILLION LITTLE PIECE 'James Frey's utterly mesmerising account ! [is] easily the most remarkable non-fiction book about drugs and drug taking since Hunter S Thompson's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas ! As a memoir, it is almost mythic. You can imagine it made epic by Martin Scorsese, the auteur of wayward American maleness in all its extremity ! Utterly compulsive' -- Observer on A MILLION LITTLE PIECES 'Frey really can write. Brilliantly. And if you don't think so, f*** you' -- London Evening Standard on A MILLION LITTLE PIECES 'An extraordinary and deeply moving book that will make you think about family, friendship, love, religion, death and perhaps most of all, the human spirit' -- Irish Sunday Independent on A MILLION LITTLE PIECE 'A heartbreaking memoir ! inspirational and essential' -- Bret Easton Ellis on A MILLION LITTLE PIECES 'This book is definitely going to be huge ! There is no question that he's a good writer. As soon as you start reading the book, Frey's voice rings out. It's clear and sharp and turbocharged ! We love rehab memoirs. This is a good one. It might even be a great one' -- Independent on A MILLION LITTLE PIECES 'He takes you inside his world of pain, and it's like a small, brightly lit cell ... Life, Frey tells us, is pretty disturbing and weird when you're out of your head. But try living it sober.' -- The Spectator 20050716 'A deeply affecting book. A tiring one, too: read it, and you will appreciate the way Frey weathered a full-frontal assault from emotions he didn't know existed. ... Vivid, splashy and mesmerising.' -- Independent 20050721 The idea of reading about the road to recovery of someone whose lifestyle I could neither condone nor understand didn't inspire me at all. WRONG!!! Within two pages all prejudice was forgotten and I immediately felt an empathy with the main character.' -- Jayne Eyre, Leeds 20050721
Author Bio
James Frey is originally from Cleveland, Ohio. He is married and lives in New York.