Rats. I liked this book.

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Or, at least, I thought I did. 😐

Smoking Gun questions ‘Million Little Pieces’ – BOOKS – MSNBC.com:
NEW YORK – An investigative Web site has alleged that James Frey’s best-selling memoir about substance abuse, “A Million Little Pieces,” wildly exaggerates his past, with inflated claims about his criminal record and about his involvement in an accident that killed two high school students.

“Police reports, court records, interviews with law enforcement personnel, and other sources have put the lie to many key sections of Frey’s book,” according to an article posted Sunday on http://www.thesmokinggun.com.

Frey, whose memoir became a huge hit after Oprah Winfrey selected it last fall for her book club, has threatened to sue The Smoking Gun. His lawyer, Martin D. Singer, was not immediately available for comment Monday.

6 thoughts on “Rats. I liked this book.”

  2. A lot of people seem to be standing by the book, even if they realize now that some of it is fictional. But I simply can’t put up with it, even if the dramatizations make the book/story “better.”

  3. I also read about this book this morning, that bums me out because it was on my list to read.

    He should pull his hat down low.

    Other Patti

  4. I still love the book. I just don’t particularly like the fact that it was flogged as a memoir.

    That being said, the book still stands on its own two feet as a brilliant and engaging piece of writing.

  6. I think it’s a curioius hybrid of fiction and reality. I have no doubt that it’s quite true in the emotional sense of the word. But as fact, no. And that’s what the book purported to be: fact, totally.

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