Lies and litigation
Investigative website The Smoking Gun has an extensive and well-nigh irrefutable article exposing the many exaggerations and fabrications in James Frey’s bestselling memoir of addiction, crime, and recovery, A Million Little Pieces. Many readers were introduced to the book on an Oprah tearfest in October, when Frey was interviewed for the show’s massively popular Book Club segment. The six-page Smoking Gun article refutes several of Frey’s tales of hard living, including his contentions that he was involved in a train accident, his various jail sentences, and a violent, crack-induced confrontation with police in Ohio. The article also documents Frey’s attempt to stop the site’s investigation into the veracity of his memoir.
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