In Books: James Frey Goes YA

The last time James “A Million Little Pieces” Frey was heard from, he was writing a novel about Christ calledThe Final Testament of the Holy Bible. There was some chest-thumping about howshockingit was going to be (“Be moved, be enraged, be enthralled by this extraordinary masterpiece” the press material said) but then it came out and promptly dropped from sight, as though he were the anti-Salman Rushdie.

Now, he’s cropped up again, this time with a $2 million deal for a YA novel calledEndgame...