Clifford irving was surrounded by people who got away with making things up. So he decided to forge an autobiography of the most famous man in the world. Irving's gamble was that hughes wouldn't say anything. The man was, after all, a complete recklesse. And if he did write an angry denial, no one would believe him. But then irving figures it's still ok. He can say, i was duped.
A billionaire turned recluse befriends a minor novelist. Together they seize the public’s imagination. Kind of. The true story behind the greatest autobiography you’ve never read.
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