A Million Little Pieces: the Media has Missed the Important Pieces
Review: A Million Little Pieces by James Frey
Good attitude; flawed analysis
Addict James Frey's story of his own "Leaving Las Vegasâ€-style bottom from which he recovered was originally marketed to publishers as fiction. It has been outed by www.TheSmokingGun.com as fiction. The trouble is that Frey had to call his story a "memoir"in order to sell it. Frey lied, even to Oprah, who is deeply "embarrassed and disappointed"and feels duped for recommending the book and making it the September 2005 Oprah book club selection of the month. While every word could have been real and forms a composite of the young late-stage poly-drug addict, the fact that so much was embellished has created one of the great literary scandals.
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