The world thought t the autobiography of howard hughes would sell millions upon millions of copies. Hughes declared that he'd never met clifford irving, ever. No one did until a now defunct outfit called w w w dot terrific books dot com out of santa fe new mexico, printed it up and put it on line.
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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