Should Lance Armstrong's Books Be Rebranded As Fiction?

Monday 20th May

Should Lance Armstrong's Books Be Rebranded As Fiction?

Posted at 7:17PM Monday 21 Jan 2013

The sign put up in a Sydney library suggesting it had reclassified Lance Armstrong's two autobiographies as fiction has, disappointingly, turned out to be a prank. But it can't be long before some reader – or publisher for that matter – joins the queue of those wanting to sue Armstrong for breach of contract. Or can it?

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