James Frey: Feelings as Facts

I recognized James Frey as soon as I saw him on Larry King Live. Using Frey's definitions of truth, I could claim here that I recognized him because I interviewed him a few years ago for the book I'm writing on addiction narratives, but, relying on a more hackneyed idea of truth, I have to confess that it was only a phone interview. No, what was familiar about him was the look — and the sound in his voice — of a very specific kind of fear, one I've seen on the faces of

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