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a million little pieces
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 6:28 pm
by eebs
haven't heard of this book over this side of the pond before but it seems that the oprah seal of approval has made it a multi seller stateside.
those people over at the smoking gun make a few interesting points though:
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/jamesfrey/ ... frey1.html
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 6:45 pm
by aquaphase
PWNED!!!
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 6:59 pm
by sam
I would like to have to defend myself for not being a criminal, for once.
I say screw Doubleday. If their editor was willing to take all this on his word as non-fiction and publish it that way, it is on them. If they still think that writers can be trusted to tell the truth...
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 7:50 pm
by aquaphase
I guess that James Frey thought that he wouldn't be labeled as a Chuck Palahniuk ripoff if he claimed his stuff was real.
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 8:04 pm
by sam
The article says he tried submitting it as fiction first, was rejected numerous times, then re-wrote it without the made up parts (he tells the publisher) and managed to get it published. I would imagine from the excerpts that it is pretty mediocre as fiction.
I think his real goal was to woo the richest bachelorette in the world, the Big O. He almost did it. Now her wrath will probably put him back in the places he never was.
Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2006 9:23 pm
by eebs