There's been another epidemic of memoirs that have turned out to be fictitious of late. The Boston Globe has a nice summary here.
Now, slate.com has brought back an old article, originally written during the James Frey fracas, which attempts to answer the question of the moment: "Why are book editors so bad at spotting fake memoirs?" The best part of the recycled think-piece is this bit of prognostication: "Obviously, in the post-Frey era, editors will show more due diligence." Obviously, that's easier said than done.--David E
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