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NEW YORK, Jan 9, 2006 (UPI via COMTEX) -- James Frey's best-selling memoir, "A Million Little Pieces," which was promoted by Oprah Winfrey, is full of lies and hyperbole, The Smoking Gun claims.
"Police reports, court records, interviews with law enforcement personnel, and other sources have put the lie to many key sections of Frey's book," The Smoking Gun reports on its Web site.
Winfrey selected "A Million Little Pieces" for her book club last year, catapulting it to the top of the New York Times bestsellers list.
The Smoking Gun said Frey, in an interview, admitted "that he had embellished central details of his criminal career and purported incarceration for 'obvious dramatic reasons' in the non-fiction work."
Frey has reportedly threatened to sue The Smoking Gun over its expose.
"So let the haters hate, let the doubters doubt, I stand by my book, and my life, and I won't dignify this (expletive) with any sort of further response," Frey posted on his Web site.
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