James Frey publishing new novel

Disgraced writer James Frey, who is probably best known for his "memoir", A Million Little Pieces, that turned out to be mostly fabricated, will be publishing a new novel with HarperCollins:

HarperCollins, part of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp., said it would publish Frey’s "Bright Shiny Morning" in summer 2008. It gave no further details about the novel.

Of course I think that Frey should be given a second chance. But I wonder if the publisher is banking a lot on the author’s name (hopefully not his reputation), rather than the quality of the book. According to the Yahoo! news article, it sounds like the editors are singing his praises over at HarperCollins.

Who knows, if Frey gets a true best-seller behind him, maybe the reading public will forget about the book that turned into "a million little disasters". I hope the book is successful, as it will show that a talented writer can overcome his/her misgivings if given a second chance.

Read the entire Yahoo! News article here:
HarperCollins to publish novel by author James Frey

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