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Faking it?

Updated on 12 January 2006

By Keme Nzerem

The tale of the author who invented his own drug-fuelled memoirs


Copies of Frey's 'A Million Little Pieces' are put on display in a bookstore in New York

Copies of Frey's 'A Million Little Pieces' are put on display in a bookstore in New York (Reuters)

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The writer of a best-selling memoir, which was rather more fiction than fact has called it 'an imperfect animal' which had an 'emotional truth'.

James Frey appeared on one of America's biggest talk shows last night to defend his book, after its publishers offered disgruntled readers a complete refund.

And he got some unexpected support - as Keme Nzerem reports from Washington.

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