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NEW YORK — About 1,700 people asked to be reimbursed for buying James Frey’s largely fabricated best-selling memoir, “A Million Little Pieces,” a lawyer said Friday as a judge approved a settlement with disgruntled readers. U.S. District Judge Richard Holwell said the settlement was “most fair, adequate and reasonable.” It offered a refund to anyone who bought the book before Frey’s falsehoods were acknowledged.
In 2006, the Smoking Gun website revealed that Frey’s memoir of addiction and recovery contained numerous fabrications.
Random House set aside $2.35 million in a fund to cover costs related to the lawsuits; the 1,729 claims for reimbursement cost $27,348.
Meanwhile, Frey is working on a new book, slated for summer release.
