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  BookPage Interview July 2005: James Frey
The 35-year-old Frey and his wife, Maya, a creative director at a New York advertising agency, had their first child, a daughter, in December and are in the midst of moving to an apartment "that is a bit more baby-friendly" in New York's Tribeca district.
Frey takes the call at the home of friends, and as he talks, he moves from room to room ahead of his friends' noisy family life.
Frey says that when he set out to be a writer he studied writers like Hemingway, Henry Miller and Baudelaire and noted that each had a voice, a signature style that sounded like no one else's.
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  James Frey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Smoking Gun alleged that Frey had never been incarcerated and that he greatly exaggerated the circumstances of a key arrest detailed in the memoir: hitting a police officer with his car, while heavily intoxicated and high on crack, which led to a violent, profanity-laden melee with multiple officers and an 87-day jail sentence.
Frey consistently referred to the reality of his addiction, which he said was the principal point of his work.
Winfrey told Frey that she felt "really duped" and that, "more importantly, I feel that you betrayed millions of readers." She also apologized for her statement on Larry King Live that what mattered was not the truth of Frey's book, but its value as a therapeutic tool for addicts.
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 My Friend Leonard:Frey, James:1573223158:eCampus.com
The father figure is Leonard, the high-living, recovering coke addict "West Coast Director of a large Italian-American finance firm" (read: mobster) who helped to keep James Frey clean in A Million Little Pieces.
The son is, of course, James, damaged perhaps beyond repair by years of crack and alcohol addiction-and by more than a few cruel tricks of fate.
My Friend Leonard showcases a brilliant and energetic young writer rising to important new challenges—displaying surprising warmth, humor, and maturity—without losing his intensity.
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 A Million Little Lies - January 8, 2006
Frey appears to have fictionalized his past to propel and sweeten the book's already melodramatic narrative and help convince readers of his malevolence.
Frey claimed he was the chief target in an FBI probe into drug activity at Denison University.
Frey invented a role for himself in a 1986 Michigan train accident that took the lives of two female high school students.
www.thesmokinggun.com /archive/0104061jamesfrey1.html   (2413 words)

  
 My Friend Leonard
Hurricane Leonard storms into James's life, showering his young charge with multi-course feasts at steakhouses and Italian restaurants, courtside seats at Bulls' games, Cuban cigars, and an elaborate Super Bowl party in Los Angeles, all the while doling out wisdom on life and love and motivating James to stick to his burgeoning writing career.
My Friend Leonard is sure to keep the reader interested, though the inquiry ends with the turn of the last page, as Frey's story does little to make the reader think.
Leonard may have made a great friend, but he made a boring character for a book.
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 Amazon.ca: My Friend Leonard: Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Frey's eye is keen for detail: the inside of a county lockup; the flat, gray Chicago winter; an out-of-control Super Bowl party in Los Angeles; the grind of living day to day—all come alive in his sparse, powerful prose.
Upon release, Frey was hopeful: he was headed to Chicago to join the woman he fell in love with in rehab, Lilly, and start a new life.
James Frey has a way of connecting with his readers like no other Author I have read before with the possible exception of Jackson McCrae ("Katzenjammer: Soon to be a major motion picture.") The new, much anticipated, fabulous "My Friend Leonard" could be anybody's life.
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 Friends in Low Places - Newsweek Entertainment - MSNBC.com
Frey approached writing with the same determination that allowed him to face two root canals without anesthetic in "A Million Little Pieces." Leonard was just as determined to wear down Frey's resistance to vulnerability and affection.
Leonard once called to say he was coming for a visit and could he bring anything.
And Frey's cool, shrewd eye for detail ties it all together, whether he's describing the inside of a jail, a Super Bowl party or the plaintive rootlessness of life in Los Angeles, where there is always a "feeling that people are...
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 ::: Big Bend Cares - A United Way Agency - Virtual AIDS Quilt - Leonard Frey, Actor :::   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Leonard Frey originally wanted to become an artist, but in college he became interested in acting.
He made his stage debut in an off-Broadway production of "Little Mary Sunshine" and his film debut as a celebrant in "Finnegan's Wake" (1965), but first rose to prominence in the role of Harold, the self-proclaimed "Jew fairy," in the stage and screen versions of "The Boys in the Band," (1970).
Frey is probably best known for the role of Motel, the timid tailor, in Fiddler on the Roof (1971); this performance landed him a nomination for a Supporting Actor Oscar.
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 james frey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
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Gosh, the james frey and lilly daintily sat close to one tyrannical frey interview james oprah.
Well, a frey interview james oprah is far less intimate than one impeccable my friend leonard james frey.
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 My Friend Leonard - James Frey - Penguin Group (USA)
Leonard is what I am, an Alcoholic and a Drug Addict and a Criminal.
Frey describes how he put feelings back into his life, and the effect is vivid, splashy, mesmerizing.
Frey's style throughout is loose, untraditional, but perfectly crafted...
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 Powell's Books - My Friend Leonard by
As in Pieces, Frey's style throughout is loose, untraditional yet perfectly crafted: '[Leonard] offered me his hand and said good, I'm fucked up too, and I like fucked-up people, let's sit and eat and see if we can be friends.
Frey's eye is keen for detail: the inside of a county lockup; the flat, gray Chicago winter; an out-of-control Super Bowl party in Los Angeles; the grind of living day to day — all come alive in his sparse, powerful prose.
Frey's extraordinary relationship with Leonard is alive, a flesh-and-blood bond forged in the agony of rehab and sustained through honesty and trust.
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 My Friend Leonard (ISBN 1573223158):   Very Well Said™
Leonard is such a comical, yet mysterious character, that leaves you turning the pages hour after hour until the book is finished.
And as Frey pretends it to be a memoir, too, we all now the protagonist is going to end up as a rich writer, so there's just a question of getting rid of title Leonard somewhere along the way.
Frey deceived people who needed to believe the most - the suicidal drinkers and ragged-edge druggers who were inspired by his story.
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 Leonard Frey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
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 The Daily Page: James Frey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
James Frey's harrowing memoir of addiction and rehab, A Million Little Pieces, was one of 2003's most acclaimed and discussed books.
Leonard instructs him on the art of "living boldly," pushes him to pursue his passion for writing, and provides a watchful and supportive veil of protection under which James can get his life together.
Frey's extraordinary relationship with Leonard is alive, a flesh-and-blood bond forged in the agony of rehab and sustained through honesty and trust." -Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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 Leonard Frey Photos - Leonard Frey News - Leonard Frey Information
An artist is murdered and his prized painting is missing.
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 Book Review of My Friend Leonard James Frey
At the end of Pieces, Frey was on his way to jail leaving his girlfriend Lilly behind.
While Pieces was all about rehab, Leonard is about life after rehab; it’s about trying to get back to normal while staying sober.
Leonard, who Frey met in rehab, is his best friend and helps him when he needs it the most.
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 Product Reviews - My Friend Leonard - HDTVEdge.com - Get the HDTV Edge with the Latest News, Reviews and Hot Deals
It focuses mainly on his relationship with Leonard, a mobster that James met while he was in rehab.
I began reading My Friend Leonard before the scandal over A Million Little Pieces surfaced that had lynch mobs of readers across the country thronging in town squares with torches and shotguns calling for nothing short of the crucifiction of James Frey.
There are dangerous twists and turns, slow stretches and fast paced action, funny dialogue and heartwrenching conversations between Frey and his numerous girlfriends, Frey and his gay mobster "father." It was hard to put it down once I got into it.
www.hdtvedge.com /reviews-1573223158.html   (5448 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: My Friend Leonard: Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
James Frey manages to make the reader feel every single emotion felt by the main characters.
Freys exploites had absolutely no impact on my review.
Frey's writing style is a bit rough aroung the edges, but it is still a good solid read that most people will enjoy.
www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0719561159   (643 words)

  
 Sitcoms Online Photo Galleries - Best Of The West: Leonard Frey and Joel Higgins - Powered by PhotoPost
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 PRICES GO DOWN: My Friend Leonard James Frey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Comment: My Friend Leonard is entertaining, yet certainly lacks the elements inherent in truly well-written literature.
Comment: My Friend Leonard was an incredible read.
The only question this book leaves me with that I wish someone could answer is, James where were you during Lily's mourning of her grandmother and the last days of her life?
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 Leonard Frey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
He made his stage debut in an off-Broadway production of Little Mary Sunshine and his film debut as a celebrant in FINNEGAN'S WAKE (1965), but first rose to prominence in the role of Harold, the self-proclaimed "Jew fairy," in the stage and screen versions of THE BOYS IN THE BAND (1970).
He continued to work onstage, in the movies and on TV throughout the 1970s and 1980s, but he never again attained the level of critical success he enjoyed in FIDDLER.
In 1988, Frey died from complications related to AIDS.
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 My Friend Leonard - James Frey - Printed Books Shopping at dooyoo.co.uk
When James Frey first meets Leonard in the rehabilitation centre where they are both recovering drug addicts.
James Frey’s debut “A Million Little Pieces” was a simply amazing journey through his addiction and recovery.
It was written in an almost stream of consciousness style with very few paragraph breaks, no speech marks and was as difficult to follow as it was to deal with the subject matter.
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 Leonard Frey
Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos
Frey had originally intended to become an artist, but switched to acting while in college....
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 My Friend Leonard by at Smarter.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
In this sequel to A MILLION LITTLE PIECES, in which he chronicled his addictions, James Frey writes about a friend he met in rehab, a former gangster named Leonard.
An exploration of trust and friendship and what they can mean, especially to someone in crisis, MY FRIEND LEONARD is also a tender and compelling portrait of an extraordinary person.
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 VH1.com : Movies : Person : Leonard Frey : Main
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For his portrayal of Motel the tailor in Fiddler on the Roof (1971) he received a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination.
A heavy dose of solid rock without a hint of mellow.
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