"It is sprinkled with truth to make it seemlike it's real," he added.
Huppe critiqued Thernstrom's book shortly afterits release.
"Ms. Thernstrom is a skilled storyteller;however, much of her version of the eventssurrounding this tragedy is at odds with thefacts," he said.
But Thernstrom said "the book is all factuallycorrect," calling her work "very carefullyresearched and documented."
Yesterday, Huppe referred questions about thetragedy to a letter written by Dean of the CollegeHarry R. Lewis '68 to all undergraduate parents inAugust of 1995.
"It appears that neither student was livingoutside the College's carefully woven advisingsystem," Lewis wrote. "Indeed, both students werein close contact with their academic advisor andseemed to be managing the ups and downs of collegelife."
Lombard declined to comment on the suit, andNaiburg was unavailable for comment