A Million Little Fibers
The book was originally sold with a preface stating its largely fictional contents. Frey was then dropped by Random House and had to hold his head in his hands when an episode of South Park called A Million Little Fibers aired. Frey embarrassed the publishing world, and he was shunned for a matter of time (he later signed new book deals).
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His editor, Sean McDonald, stated that he “made sure that everything actually happened…certainly when we were editing the book, we would talk about what was true and what was not.” Well, that’s what he said at first. But then it got to be too much, and he threw his author under the bus, so to speak.