A Million Little Pieces

[The Tower]

There was a whole big deal on Air America tonight on this book. Apparantly, the guy lifted his entire story from other AA/NA members at meetings. Supposedly, he had his court records purged so that no one follow up on it (I find that one kind of unbelivable). So, when whoever was investigating this pulled all the police reports, they either were contradictory to the passages in his book, or the passages in his book didn't exist at all.

Apparantly, he has hired a big gun Hollywood lawyer to defend/protect him from all the stuff that's going on- the same lawyer that defended/protected Eddie Murphy when he was screwing around with all those Trannies.

[gldstwmn]

It was pretty interesting when Oprah called in there at the end of Larry King. Frey was looking at Larry with what looked to be hatred in his eyes. I don't know about this guy.

[dissention]

Originally Posted by gldstwmn

It was pretty interesting when Oprah called in there at the end of Larry King. Frey was looking at Larry with what looked to be hatred in his eyes. I don't know about this guy.

What happened on Larry? I can't wait for the transcript.

BTW, here's the Smoking Gun stuff. VERY interesting...

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive...amesfrey1.html

[hayley]

Originally Posted by gldstwmn

It was pretty interesting when Oprah called in there at the end of Larry King. Frey was looking at Larry with what looked to be hatred in his eyes. I don't know about this guy.

WATCH OUT FOR THE FURY!!@!

I liked the book well enough, but so much of it rang false for me in the initial read that I wasn't surprised by this news. I work part-time in a bookstore, and when the initial James Frey fever hit, we were selling out of every shipment we had of the book- we're talking hundreds of copies a night. It was insane. I'm waiting to see if people start bringing their books in for refunds, as apparently Random House has advised them to do ?

[gldstwmn]

Originally Posted by hayley

WATCH OUT FOR THE FURY!!@!

I thought of that later. Another one that cracks me up is John Everett, Sexual Ninja, San Francisco and the World.
Random House issued a statement last night through Larry King saying that the refund offer was just a hoax. So I hope you don't have to put up with people trying to return the books. I suspect that it will only make the book sell faster. I didn't even know about this book until a few days ago when I heard about the controversy. If I had read it thinking it was a true story, I'd be kind of pissed though. I know people, hell, I'm sure we all do, who lived things very similar to what Frey did in the book. In a way, by being disingenuous the way he has, I almost feel he is doing a disservice to their stories.

[gldstwmn]

Originally Posted by The Tower

There was a whole big deal on Air America tonight on this book. Apparantly, the guy lifted his entire story from other AA/NA members at meetings.

That is just wrong.

[MacMan]

Originally Posted by The Tower

There was a whole big deal on Air America tonight on this book. Apparantly, the guy lifted his entire story from other AA/NA members at meetings.

Except that James Frey never went to AA/NA. He didn't believe in those programs (for himself) and what they were preaching/teaching, so he rejected them and went at it his own way.

He looks like he's had a rough time of it with all the bad press... But like he said, it's kind of the price you pay for having #2 in sales for 05. But I give him credit for remaining calm, I know I probably couldn't have, and he has to stand up for his product if he wants to continue to sell books now and in the future.

[dissention]

Originally Posted by MacMan

Except that James Frey never went to AA/NA. He didn't believe in those programs (for himself) and what they were preaching/teaching, so he rejected them and went at it his own way.

He looks like he's had a rough time of it with all the bad press... But like he said, it's kind of the price you pay for having #2 in sales for 05. But I give him credit for remaining calm, I know I probably couldn't have, and he has to stand up for his product if he wants to continue to sell books now and in the future.

I'm reading all of the stuff on Smoking Gun right now and this guy seems like a real whack-job. If he really lied about the train accident like that, he's scum.

[The Tower]

Originally Posted by dissention

I'm reading all of the stuff on Smoking Gun right now and this guy seems like a real whack-job. If he really lied about the train accident like that, he's scum.

Didn't they interview one of the women who was in that train wreck and she stated that he wasn't on the train??? Something like that.

[The Tower]

Originally Posted by MacMan

Except that James Frey never went to AA/NA. He didn't believe in those programs (for himself) and what they were preaching/teaching, so he rejected them and went at it his own way.

I can't remember whether or not they said he actually went to meetings. Randi Rhodes was on leave tonight and the one of the two dudes who replaced said that a large portion of the book was based on the life of his good friend who died from complications from drug use, etc. I believe they said he interviewed various AA/NA members a stitched together a lot of things to make a composite.

I haven't read the book and I hadnt heard anything about this dude until the Air America show tonight on the way home from work.

(Again)

[gldstwmn]

Originally Posted by MacMan

Except that James Frey never went to AA/NA. He didn't believe in those programs (for himself) and what they were preaching/teaching, so he rejected them and went at it his own way.

If he went to the Hazelden clinic in Minnesota he would have attended meetings daily, if not several times a day as part of his program there. He must at least know enough about NA/AA to say that he disagrees with it.

[Lala]

I'm in the middle of it. I borrowed it from my friend who's studying to be an Addiction's Councellor. It's pretty reveting; it's kept me up late the past few nights because it's so hard to put down. I'd be pretty disapointed if it was proven to be lies, but as far as I can see this is rumour right now. If I was true, I'm not sure why he wouldn't market the book as a story about someone else.

[dissention]

Originally Posted by Lala

I'm in the middle of it. I borrowed it from my friend who's studying to be an Addiction's Councellor. It's pretty reveting; it's kept me up late the past few nights because it's so hard to put down. I'd be pretty disapointed if it was proven to be lies, but as far as I can see this is rumour right now. If I was true, I'm not sure why he wouldn't market the book as a story about someone else.

Rumours, my ass. http://www.thesmokinggun.com/jamesfr...amesfrey1.html