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Did Frank McCourt Invent James Frey?
Angela’s Ashes was a masterpiece, but Frank McCourt’s success launched a wave of half-baked, half-faked memoirs from the likes of James Frey.
Lee Siegel
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Jul. 20 2009
12:46PM EDT
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