Relatively Speaking, How Big a Liar Is Frey?
The line between fact and fiction blurs more often in memoirs than we'd like to believe, as this article makes clear | storyHey, that sounds like a perfect medium for a certain POTUS we know browse the book.
Christian Science Monitor: [N]o one wants to read an 8,000-page memoir that pores over each waking moment. But now, the controversy surrounding James Frey’s bestselling memoir, “A Million Little Pieces,” is raising questions about how factual even the most carefully written memoirs are.
“The memoir is a strange kind of performance. It’s halfway between fiction and testimony,” says Brian McHale, a professor at Ohio State University who studies literary hoaxes. “Anybody in his right mind knows that a memoir is unreliable.” | story
Hey, that sounds like a perfect medium for a certain POTUS we know… browse the book
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The Fabricating Fabulist loses out on a reported seven-figure deal with Riverhead Books because of the fallout from the scandal surrounding "A Million Little Pieces."
Fabulist James Frey says on an unaired segment of Oprah that he won't seek to cash in on his lies. | storyWe applaud his promise. In the meantime, should we be surprised if his new book, "My Friend Leonard," turns out to be ridden with mere "essential truths"?Also, see a clip of Frey's Oprah appearance: video (Internet Explorer req'd)
In a radical reversal, the talk show host drops her loyalty to Frey on live television and says he "betrayed millions of readers." During an interview the author admits fictions and confesses that he "made a mistake." | story
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