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Mon, January 9
NO WAY!!!
From today's "Publisher's Lunch" newsletter:
Frey Accused of Gross Fabrications
The Smoking Gun went looking for some mug shots of A MILLION LITTLE PIECES author James Frey, which turned into an extensive examination of his account of his years as a drug addict, alcoholic and criminal. After searching police and criminal records in multiple states, and interviewing numerous law enforcement officials and Frey himself, TSG concludes he "demonstrably fabricated key parts of the book" and "wholly fabricated or wildly embellished details of his purported criminal career, jail terms, and status as an outlaw 'wanted in three states.'" Besides accounts they call "patently dishonest," TSG says his allegedly exaggerated version of the role he played in a train accident that killed two girls when he was a teenager "is downright creepy and detestable."
The full posted story is long and complex, and the fallout is likely to reach not just Frey and his books but Oprah Winfrey as well.
Say it ain't so!
And even if it is, that's why it's called "artistic license." I think it does say somewhere in the book that he did take the liberty to add events that didn't happen or switch scenes around. Is that not allowed oh ye Book Gods?
Posted by lexzog at January 9, 2006 04:16 PM
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