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'Pieces' buyers offered refund

Random House will refund readers who bought James Frey's drug and alcohol memoir "A Million Little Pieces" directly from the publisher, a move believed to be unprecedented, after the author was accused of exaggerating his story.
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Literary disputes affect Hollywood

Hollywood has always been a town that embraces self-invented personalities.
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Rowling: Why death dominates 'Potter'

Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling decided to kill off the parents of her fictional boy wizard after she suffered the trauma of losing her own mother, the author said in a rare interview on Tuesday.
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'Million Little Pieces' called a fraud

Only Harry Potter sold more books last year than James Frey's "A Million Little Pieces," but was the American's memoir of alcohol and drug-induced mayhem as much fantasy as the boy wizard himself?
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