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January 27, 2006

Oprah Flips on Frey

James Frey’s literary reputation took another hit this week when his most visible supporter called him on the carpet. Earlier this month Oprah defended Frey on the Larry King Live program, but Thursday morning on her own turf Oprah dumped him. Claiming “I was duped”, Oprah removed him from her book club.

Just one day earlier Frey’s publisher, Random House, attempted to reestablish his ‘street cred’ by offering testimony of his fellow patents at a Minnesota drug and alcohol rehabilitation center.

Based on the growing evidence that his memoir is fictionalized, libraries are now faced with the decision of whether to reclassify A Million Little Pieces, removing it from the non-fiction shelves. But the book’s final shelf assignment will have to wait until it stops circulating.

Posted by hinsdalereference at January 27, 2006 4:37 PM