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Feb 28, 2007 · His `hoax' made global newspaper headlines and was heralded as the biggest media scam of all time. This book will relate how Clifford Irving almost pulled out this stunt by opening fake Swiss accounts, writing forged letters, using false passports, and conducting faked interviews. He almost pulled it off!
Irving later wrote The Hoax (1981), his account of events surrounding the development and sale of the fake autobiography. The book was adapted as a 2006 biopic of the same name starring Richard Gere as Clifford Irving.
- Novelist, investigative reporter
- Cornell University
- 1956–2015
- Clifford Michael Irving, November 5, 1930, New York City, U.S.
Clifford Irving takes his skeleton out of the closet and rattles its bones. Irving employs self-deprecating humor to share the inside account of the most fascinating literary hoax of all time, his phony deal to write the authorized Howard Hughes autobiography.
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- Paperback
Apr 1, 2014 · Conning Irving’s own publisher of nearly a decade out of a six-figure advance, the three conspirators embarked on a hoax that would fool journalists, handwriting experts, and even a lie-detector...
- Clifford Irving
- Open Road Media, 2014
- reprint
- The Hoax: A Memoir
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In 1972 Clifford Irving pulled a sensational hoax involving Howard Hughes, a prestigious New York publishing house and over a million dollars. It made global newspaper headlines and was heralded as the biggest media scam of all time.
Irving's detailed chronicle of what he did to prepare their fabricated (and still unpublished) Autobiography of Howard Hughes makes engrossing reading. A tale of...
