Hughes owned a hollywood studio, ted his own movies and squired every famous actress of the day around town. He vanished from sight, never seen, never heard, with the exception of an interview he gave in the early 19 seventies where he was asked about his relationship with a man named clifford irving. The kid, clifford, grew up to be a writer.
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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