![]() ![]() ![]() Within only four days, an author’s note was from then on included in new copies of the book, in which Frey openly confesses to making alterations to his past. In this article, it became apparent that Frey had ‘wholly fabricated or wildly embellished details of his purported criminal career, jail terms and status as an outlaw’. An international controversy began on 8 January 2006, when The Smoking Gun – a website renowned for posting exclusive information regarding celebrities and other gossip – published ‘A Million Little Lies: Exposing James Frey’s Fiction Addiction’. Abbott writes, the book’s ‘fall from grace was as spectacular as its rise’. Published in April 2003, there were mixed reviews to the memoir, but in September 2005, it was chosen by Oprah Winfrey for her notable Book Club, leading to the book’s bestseller status. ‘I am an Alcoholic and I am a drug Addict and I am a Criminal.”įollowing a long and heavy addiction to drugs and alcohol, during which he had several serious altercations with the law, James Frey explored this part of his life through writing A Million Little Pieces. ![]()
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