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New exclusive video - James Frey speaks out

James Frey talks about his new book ‘Bright Shiny Morning’, Oprah Winfrey and how he has been treated by the world’s media. Watch this exclusive video here.

Posted May 19, 2008

Reviews in for ‘Bright Shiny Morning’

‘Bright Shiny Morning’ published in US last week … here’s how people are finding Frey’s first novel:
New York Times
Time Magazine

Posted May 19, 2008

Bright Shiny Morning Neon Sign

This is the neon sign that was made for the ‘Bright Shiny Morning’ cover.

Posted April 24, 2008

‘Dreams that come true’ - another extract from ‘Bright Shiny Morning’

Tammy and Carl moved into the park in 1963. They were from Oklahoma and both grew up, on opposite sides of Tulsa, dreaming of a life at the beach. They met in their freshman year at Tulsa State, they were both studying to be teachers. They married a year later, had their first child, Earl, […]

Posted April 9, 2008

‘Bright Shiny Morning’ extract

She is twenty-six years old. She is originally from Indianapolis. She has lived in LA for nine months, she moved here to become a publicist, her family did not approve. Three weeks ago she was walking through a parking garage, it was late at night, she had been on a first date, she had had […]

Posted April 8, 2008

More from ‘Bright Shiny Morning’

Her parents were fifty feet across the border when she was born her mother Graciella was lying in the dirt screaming her father Jorge was trying to figure out how to keep them from dying. Jorge had a pocketknife. He cut the cord, pulled the placenta away the baby started crying, Jorge started crying, Graciella […]

Posted April 4, 2008

Read more of ‘Bright Shiny Morning’

His given name is Emeka Ladejobi-Ukwu. Emeka means “great deeds” in the Igbo language of southern Nigeria. His parents immigrated in 1946, when he was four. They came to California because his father loved fruit, and he heard that the best fruit in America was in Los Angeles. The family lived in Hollywood and his […]

Posted April 2, 2008

Note from James Frey’s editor, Roland Philipps

From the moment I first read A Million Little Pieces I realised what an exceptional writer James Frey is; so I was very excited to see his novel. But I was not prepared to be as blown away as I was by it - its characterisation, sheer storytelling pace, its deep compassion and […]

Posted April 1, 2008

Second exclusive extract from ‘Bright Shiny Morning’

Renee works at the sundae bar in the clubhouse. She fucking hates it. She’s seventeen and all she wants to do is get away. Get away from Putt Putt Bonanza, away from the City of Industry, away from her father, who works at a missile plant during the day and gets drunk in front […]

Posted March 31, 2008

Frey speaks out …

Exclusive video footage of James Frey talking about ‘Bright Shiny Morning’ and that run-in with Oprah will be coming soon - watch this space …

Posted March 30, 2008