The story of his transformation from mute, illiterate schoolboy to eminent Cambridge University professor brought him acclaim, minor celebrity and a book deal – until his incredible stories began to collapse under scrutiny.
But one claim in that much-pored over memoir by Jason Arday which has not yet been subject to a similar degree of scrutiny turns out on closer examination to be one of the most incredible of all, the Daily Mail can reveal.
Arday claims in his book that he received ‘hundreds of thousands’ of supportive messages after his appointment to Cambridge University.
The sociologist, 41, cites this in his forthcoming
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