The Guardian: Saturday Review: PAPERBACKS: Fiction: Bright Shiny Morning, by James Frey (John Murray, pounds 7.99)

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  • Author(s): By:ISOBEL MONTGOMERY
  • Source:
    Guardian, The (London, England), March 21, 2009, 2pp
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    • Abstract:
      In the misery memoir stakes, James Frey appeared to be a winner. His first book, A Million Little Pieces , was apparently a concoction of youthful addictions and got him into Oprah's book club. When it turned out to be fiction, his publishers offered duped readers their money back. Bright Shiny Morning , his first novel acknowledged as such, is his redemption: a homage to Los Angeles and the west coast dream...