No, really, it's fiction this time

• James Frey's third novel is coming out in summer 2008 from HarperCollins.

Okay, he shouldn't have lied. Okay? Now we can let the rest of his work speak for itself.

"It has great emotional power," said Jonathan Burnham, who added that he had befriended Frey a year ago and had known of the new book for several months.

A HarperCollins publicist said there would be no comment from Frey, whose career was seemingly finished a year ago after allegations emerged that he had embellished, or entirely invented, substantial portions of "A Million Little Pieces."