Frey Settles with Readers
Tuesday, November 6th, 2007James Frey, the author of the best-selling memoir “A Million Little Lies Pieces” has settled with only 1,700 of his unhappy readers. He’s damn lucky so few decided they wanted a refund.
BTW: James Frey isn’t to be confused with the author James N. Frey, a fiction writer and a creative writing teacher of distinction.
By LARRY NEUMEISTER
Associated Press WriterNEW YORK – About 1,700 people asked to be reimbursed for buying James Frey’s largely fabricated best-selling memoir, “A Million Little Pieces,” a lawyer said Friday as a judge approved a settlement with disgruntled readers.
U.S. District Judge Richard J. Holwell said the settlement was “most fair, adequate and reasonable.” It offered a refund to anyone who bought the book before Frey’s falsehoods were acknowledged. (more…)
