James Frey - A Million Little Lies?

There seems to be mounting evidence that James Frey, uh, embellished more than a bit on his experiences as addict all-star in A Million Little Pieces. Maybe I'm naive, but if you can't decide whether a book is going to be fiction or non-fiction until AFTER it is complete, then guess what, it IS fiction.

I have to give the guy credit, he spoofed us all, including getting the crown jewel of book blessings, Oprah. The problem now, is that even if the guy is being 95% truthful, he's still full of crap. I was really engrossed in this book until I saw some of the reports in the New York Times, and Thesmokinggun.com. Now, it may as well stay where it is as a coaster.

So, it is time to move on to another book. I had started a book written from the perspective of a autistic person by a guy who had worked with austistic people for many years. It is interesting how he speaks from what he suspects is the viewpoint of such a person. Please note, that unlike James Frey, this author is not claiming to be a prolific autistic person, but rather writing from that perspective, thus being Fiction. Fiction James, Fiction.