James Frey
Queen & Slim review – stylish lovers on the run drama is hit and miss
A first date goes horribly wrong in a visually arresting romance, starring a charismatic Daniel Kaluuya, that can’t quite make it to the finish line
Benjamin Lee
21, Nov, 2019 @7:15 AM
A Million Little Pieces review – glossy addiction drama rings hollow
Ultra-hunky Aaron Taylor-Johnson plays a crack addict at death’s door in this adaptation of James Frey’s ‘memoir’
Cath Clarke
30, Aug, 2019 @10:00 AM
There’s more to this bad fiction than bad sex – between the lines is privilege | Sian Cain
Only a famous white man could get away with publishing a book as dreadful as James Frey’s novel, says the Guardian’s books site editor Sian Cain
Sian Cain
04, Dec, 2018 @2:58 PM
James Frey wins bad sex in fiction award for ‘dubious’ Katerina
US author’s ‘fictional retelling’ of a Paris love affair is the winner from all-male shortlist
Sian Cain
03, Dec, 2018 @8:00 PM
Haruki Murakami and James Frey lead all-male shortlist for bad sex award
Annual prize intended to show up the worst sexual description in fiction singles out some famous names for a second time – but no women
Alison Flood
30, Nov, 2018 @1:52 PM
Katerina by James Frey – digested read
‘I am fabulously rich. I’m more than a writer, I’m a brand. I have an agent to keep Hollywood at bay. I am going to burn the world down’
John Crace
23, Sep, 2018 @3:00 PM
Katerina by James Frey review – a glorification of masculine privilege
A writer longs for a lover from his youth in this crude, narcissistic novel by the author of A Million Little Pieces
Alexander Larman
02, Sep, 2018 @7:00 AM
Top 10 books about mental hospitals
From the horrors of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest to hopeful stories of recovery, here are some of the best books about these much feared institutions
AF Brady
22, Nov, 2017 @11:00 AM
The Voyeur’s Motel and other unlikely stories
When is a true story not a true story? Ask Gay Talese, Alex Malarkey or Lewis Wolpert
Katy Guest
08, Jul, 2016 @12:00 PM
James Frey wins $2m deal for young adult SF novel
Endgame, by the controversial author of A Million Little Pieces, sold in joint publishing and film deal
Alison Flood
15, Jan, 2014 @1:21 PM
The Romantic Economist by William Nicolson – review
The author conducts his own love life here as an experiment in economics. But is he just playing Footsie, asks Tim Lewis
Tim Lewis
24, Feb, 2013 @12:04 AM
Factual fiction: writing in an information age
Imaginative writing now inhabits a multi-screeen world, and novels that don't acknowledge this struggle to reflect our new era
Ewan Morrison
02, Mar, 2012 @1:45 PM
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