In his memoir James Frey gives us a hard-hitting and intense, yet beautifully written, honest and life-embracing account of a life destroyed and a life reconstructed. His story of an existence beyond the norm, in the abyss of substance abuse and the difficult but successful journey back is told without self-pity in an engaging style that marks the making of an instant bestseller. Unique in its fearless candor and lack of cynicism, at once darkly funny and unflinchingly honest, this is the introduction of a bold and extremely talented voice. Widely publicised on the Oprah show for its honesty, and also widely publicised when it was revealed that some incidents in the book were exaggerated. An author's note by James Frey is available on the Hachette Livre website, as is a statement made jointly by John Murray and Hachette Livre. See www.hha.com.au for more information.