Author | James Frey |
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Language | English |
Genre | Memoir/Fiction |
Published | June 16, 2005 Random House |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print (hardcover and paperback) |
ISBN | 1-57322-315-8 |
OCLC | 57652189 |
362.29/092 B 22 | |
LC Class | HV5805.F73 A3 2005 |
Followed by | Bright Shiny Morning |
Website | www.bigjimindustries.com |
My Friend Leonard is an autobiographical novel written by James Frey. Continuing where A Million Little Pieces left off, the book centers on the father-son relationship Frey develops with Leonard, a friend from the addiction clinic featured in his earlier book.
My Friend Leonard was published in June 2005 by Riverhead, and became a bestseller. Amazon.com editors selected My Friend Leonard as their #5 favorite book of 2005.
As with Frey's previous book, Leonard was marketed as a memoir, but after its release large parts of the story were cast into doubt, and the author later admitted that he had never actually been incarcerated as claimed in the book.[1][2]