a million little pieces james frey First published in Great Britain in 2003 by John Murray (Publishers) Ltd, 50 Albemarle Street, London W1S 4BD Published by arrangement with Nan A. Talese, an imprint of Doubleday, a division of The Doubleday Broadway Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc. Š James Frey The right of James Frey to be identified as the Author of the Work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Book design and interior art by Terry Karydes All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of the publisher, nor be otherwise circulated in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser. A CIP catalogue record for this title is available from the British Library Hardcover ISBN 0 7195 6100 0 Trade paperback ISBN Typeset in Adobe Garamond Printed and bound in Great Britain By Clays Ltd, St. Ives pic
The Young Man came to the Old Man seeking counsel. I broke something, Old Man. How badly is it broken? It's in a million little pieces. I'm afraid I can't help you.