James Frey
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James Frey
 Yet that ''hello'' was enough to transform Mr. Berkowitz, once a frightful symbol of the crime-filled 70's, into another example of the current obsession with the personal lives of celebrity miscreants, like Amy Fisher, the so-called Long Island Lolita, or James Frey, who chronicled his drug abuse, however mendaciously, in ''A Million Little Pieces.'' The ''Son of Sam'' was back in court not because of some new development in his case, but because he was fighting for the right to own his image.  James Frey mendaciously chronicled his drug abuse.