Every time I see someone list A Million Little Pieces as a favorite book, I want to scream. The fact that James Frey peddled his fictionalized experience makes me livid. I am agog that after his deceptions were uncovered people would respect him enough as an author (or even a human being) to claim his book as a favorite.
Are you freaking kidding me?
How much of it was fictitious you ask? Please read The Smoking Gun's article to find out.
3 comments:
I always wondered if that book is even any good, despite the fact it's all made up.
And I wonder if his tales are even believable? I'm guessing it was good enough to fool Oprah...who by the way, gets on my nerves.
I had a copy (I think I donated it) but I couldn't bear to read it. Before it came out that he was a fake I heard about the scene where he gets a root canal sans anesthesia. At that point I was skeptical.
My take on it is that there are so many amazing memoirists out there, why waste your time with a liar.
That just proves to me that if you can get Oprah to endorse you, regaurdless of what you are, you will make millions. Her blind followers will do her bidding, I only hope she doesnt start a religion of Oprah.
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