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"Oh Howard, You Idiot!”

Revisionist History

Clifford Irving's Autobiography of Howard Hughes

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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.

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