A Million Little Pieces

[wickedflea]

I knew that book didn't ring true. I sped through it and the follow-up My Friend Leonard and thought they were good at the time, but then I started thinking, man, a lot of this just doesn't seem right. Apparently it might not be: Best-selling book by US author called a fraud

Comments

[lulu-girl.livejournal.com]

Well...if it's a work of fiction (and not an autobiography), then how is it a fraud? The author might be a big fat liar piece of poop, but the writing itself could still be good and stand up on its own. I don't know, though, as I haven't read the novels in question.

But many writers wrote under false personas. The Bronte sisters did, including Charlotte Bronte...but then again, women weren't exactly accepted as writers at the time...

[wickedflea.livejournal.com]

Nooooo, it's presented as a memoir--it's supposed to be fact.

[lulu-girl.livejournal.com]

Oh. Well then. Fuck that right up the face! *hiss*

[lastcallforcorn.livejournal.com]

two friends in a row posted about this. obviously, this guy struck a nerve...

[zoe.livejournal.com]

did you read the whole thing thing spawned the Washington Post article on the Smoking Gun? Its actually a very interesting peice. I read the first part of a Million Little Peices back when it was first released and parts rang true and parts definately didn't. I felt it was way to self-indulgent (look at what a peice of shit I am but how good I have become to be able to tell my story) to be 100% fact. I hated the book and hated Oprah for giving this guy millions basically.

[ssaiscps.livejournal.com]

hah, weird.

[ssaiscps.livejournal.com]

Link for the lazy.

[zoe.livejournal.com]

thank you... I was going to add the link and then got sidetracked!

[cierrablue.livejournal.com]

Man! I had never heard of him but I caught a glimpse of him on Oprah (which I don't actually watch usually) and he seemed so stiff. I just had such a hard time buying into his story. Now I know why.

[theodicy.livejournal.com]

http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2006/01/10/frey/index.html

I don't know anything about it, but.

[theodicy.livejournal.com]

He's a Walter Mitty of dysfunction!

[wickedflea.livejournal.com]

Wow--just read it! They busted him eight ways from Sunday. What a douchebag.

[zoe.livejournal.com]

I watched the Smoking Gun dude on some show on MSNBC last night. It was fantastic how deeply discredited this guy got. I would love to be a fly on the wall in Oprah's offices the last couple of days!