Author(s): James Frey

Biography & Memoir

Written in the hallmark visceral style of A Million Little Pieces, My Friend Leonard is a mesmerising insight into a 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 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 LeonardâÂÂs lawless underworld that James discovers the courage and humanity needed to rebuild his life. First published 2005.