<p><p>a Searing And Controversial Story Of Drug And Alcohol Abuse And Rehabilitation, Told With The Charismatic Energy Energy Of Kesey's <i>one Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest</i> And The Revelatory Power Of Burroughs' <i>junky</i>.<p><i>a Million Little Pieces</i> Is The Story Of The Fight Between One Young Man's Will And The Ever-tempting Chemical Trip To Oblivion, And The Fight To Survive On His Own Terms, For Reasons Close To His Own Heart.<p>original Material &#169; 2003 James Frey Recorded By Arrangement With Doubleday, A Division Of Random House, Inc.</p> <h3>the San Francisco Chronicle</h3> <p>[i]t Gives Away Nothing To Say That He Finds Himself Whole At The End Of <i>a Million Little Pieces</i>. How That Came To Be Would Be A First-rate Tale Of Suspense, If It Weren't Drawn So Hideously From An Actual Life.&#151;james Sullivan</p>