http://ask.metafilter.com/tags/frey Questions tagged with 'frey' at Ask MetaFilter. Fri, 20 Jan 2006 08:30:18 -0800 Fri, 20 Jan 2006 08:30:18 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://ask.metafilter.com/31187/Need%2Dfull%2Dtext%2Dof%2DDouble%2DDay%2Dstatement%2Ddefending%2DJames%2DFrey How to find the full text of the public statement issued by DoubleDay defending James Frey? Here are extracts of the text from New York Times:<br> "Memoir is a personal history whose aim is to illuminate, by way of example, events and issues of broader social consequence......Recent accusations against him notwithstanding, the power of the overall reading experience is such that the book remains a deeply inspiring and redemptive story for millions of readers."<br> <br> I have searched everywhere and two librarians suggest I called up the publisher but the pubisher will only entertain people from the media and I am only a student of the media ---- too small fry for them to bother with. Yes, this is what Mr Russell Perreault of DoubleDay/Random House more or less said to me on the phone. <br> <br> If somebody can email the following guy for the full text I will really appreciate it. He has the copy and he will only deal with the media. Thanks a million.<br> Mr Russell Perreault <br> rperreault@randomhouse.com<br> (212)572 2080 tag:ask.metafilter.com,2006:site.31187 Fri, 20 Jan 2006 08:30:18 -0800 alcoholism Frey James media publisher studentguru http://ask.metafilter.com/30095/A%2Dmillion%2Dtall%2Dtales I don't know quite how to frame this question, but basically, I just finished reading "A million little pieces" after having it recommended to me by just about everyone, and I absolutely hated it. Which is neither here nor there, but in addition, I didn't believe a word of it - can anyone help with that? (Possible spoilers inside...) This isn't meant to disparage anyone who liked the book, just that I thought a lot of it didn't add up and was wondering if anyone knew of any research done on it, or facts surrounding it. All I can find is glowing reviews championing his perseverance, and personal opinions as to the veracity of the account. I find it suspicious that so many of the facts presented in the book cannot be quickly or obviously verified (anonymity, personal experience, so on). Is there a record of Frey's arrest and jail time? Anything that can corroborate his story? <br> <br> It's sold as a memoir, but many on the internet seem to agree with me in taking exception to the (SPOILERS) description of the dental surgery without anesthetic, the actions of the staff at the rehab clinic, the friends he made inside, including the "mob boss" and the federal judge, who also is apparantly in the practice of reducing jail sentances in foreign jurisdictions for wanted, violent drug offenders, the description of the beating of the priest in Paris, the description of a horrifically addicited and physically destroyed man making an almost perfect recovery within 6 weeks, while falling in love with a girl he rescues from a crack house with the help of hospital staff, which he disparages, ignores, and mocks while breaking the rules of the institution and not getting kicked out, and so on. None of it rings true to me. Not even remotely, and it's really bugging me. Am I: a) plain wrong to be doubting this tale, b) missing the concept of artistic license, or c) correct in believing that the book is a pack of dangerous lies designed to make him look like a modern-day Holden Caulfield while single-handedly slaying the twin dragons of Dave Eggers and Brett Ellis live on Oprah? tag:ask.metafilter.com,2006:site.30095 Tue, 03 Jan 2006 10:30:50 -0800 amillionlittlepieces frey loquax