Now it’s really time to throw down
I’ve been quoting a lot of other people about the James Frey effect rather than talking about it myself; allow me to continue to do so. Rick over at Toestubber writes:
Meanwhile, out here, there’s an enormously destructive Drug War still going on, with real people getting sent to real prisons. Clueless morons fan the deadly flames of prohibition in this country, every time they believe that crap like Jimmy Frey’s books accurately describe addiction or recovery therefrom.
You also need to follow the link to the Finest Book Review Ever Written.
In response to Why Frey’s fakery matters: Seth Mnookin explains why James Frey’s “embellishments” are a disservice to his readers and to recovering addicts.
- Bitch
- “It’s the most popular line of bullshit among those poor pampered blowhards who just never seem to get it together. Somehow, they must always one-up the last loser’s war story by painting themselves as the biggest, the baddest, the most rip-roarin’ dick-swingin’ crazy drug addict there ever was.”