Frey achieves another stylistic coup...This book packs a full-body emotional wallop.The inside of county lock-up;the flat,gray Chicago winter;an out-of-control Super Bowl party in Los Angeles;the grind of living day to day--all come alive in his sparse,powerful prose.At its core this is an examination of a friendship.Frey's extraordinary relationship with Leonard is alive,a flesh-and-blood bond forged in the agony of rehab and sustained through honesty and trust.

My Friend Leonard is the story of an extraordinary friendship formed in the most unlikely circumstances.

While in rehab,James Frey finds a father figure in Leonard,a shady mafia boss.When Leonard returns to his dubious,prosperous life in the criminal underworld of Las Vegas,he promises James his support on the outside.

Tragedy strikes the day James is released and his world Seems set to implode.Unsure where to turn,he calls Leonard.Paradoxically,it is in Leonard's lawless underworld that James discovers the courage and humanity needed to rebuild his life.