Michael Finkel: Making lemonade from lemons (er, actually, from lemons, limes, grapefruit and a hint of papaya)

You probably remember former New York Times Magazine star writer Michael Finkel, who was summarily fired in February 2002 when it was discovered that his cover-story subject in a piece about young African workers was, in fact, a composite of a few interviewees.

Three years later, Finkel has published a book about the experience and his relationship with the convicted murderer who had — coincidentally and bizarrely — assumed his identity while on the lam.

Finkel’s comeback is detailed by Sheelah Kolhatkar in this week’s New York Observer in an extensive

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Michael Finkel: Making lemonade from lemons (er, actually, from lemons, limes, grapefruit and a hint of papaya)

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