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James Frey's Latest Creation: Pro-Choice, Pro-Gay Jesus

Once Oprah's enemy, now Christians'?

By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff

Posted Aug 12, 2009 11:55 AM CDT
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(Newser) – James Frey pissed off a lot of people—including Oprah—when his “memoir” A Million Little Pieces was exposed as fictional—but his new book might spark even more ire. Illumination: The Final Testament of the Holy Bible features a Messiah who marries gays, impregnates a teen, and later takes her to have an abortion—and compares the Old and New Testaments to comic books, the New York Post reports.

“It's a theoretical third book of the Bible, one version of what it might be like if the Messiah, or Christ, actually showed up on the streets of contemporary New York,” Frey says.

In this May 14, 2008 file photo, Author James Frey listens during an interview before a book signing in New York.
In this May 14, 2008 file photo, Author James Frey listens during an interview before a book signing in New York.   (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
The cover of 'A Million Little Pieces' by James Frey is displayed at a Borders Book store on September 26, 2005 in Norridge, Ill.
The cover of 'A Million Little Pieces' by James Frey is displayed at a Borders Book store on September 26, 2005 in Norridge, Ill.   (Getty Images)
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lauriec67
Apr 22, 2011 9:38 AM CDT
I loved this guys book! a million little pieces! fact or fiction, he writes like nobody's business! cant wait to read the new one! and Oprah? good to know you got over yourself! you took this guy apart like he was a serial killer!
Robert_Dada
Aug 13, 2009 12:19 PM CDT
Jesus is a myth y'all. Give up on the christian fairy tales already. Oops, did I use the word fairy? (heh heh). If the f*cker is out there, may he strike me dead for blasphemy. Tick tock, tick tock, still here y'all.
paul123
Aug 13, 2009 4:46 AM CDT
God, if he exists, and I believe he does, doesn't work like that.

 
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