By Hillel Italie

Gay Talese has disavowed his disavowal. A day after saying the credibility of his upcoming book, "The Voyeur's Motel," was "down the toilet" because he felt he had been deceived by the story's primary source, the celebrated author and journalist said he will be promoting it. "I was upset and probably said some things I didn't, and don't, mean," Talese said in a statement issued Friday through publisher Grove Atlantic. "Let me be clear: I am not disavowing the book and neither is my publisher. If, down the line, there are details to correct in later editions, we'll do that."

"Voyeur's Motel" tells of a Colorado motel owner, Gerald Foos, who allegedly spied on his guests for years. On Thursday, The Washington Post reported that some events in the book happened after Foos sold the motel, in the 1980s. In response, Talese angrily denounced Foos and said he couldn't bring himself to support "Voyeur's Motel," which comes out July 12. On Friday, Talese said he had long known he couldn't always trust Foos.

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Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/