Clifford Irving
1) The Hoax
Author
Language
English
Description
The ultimate caper story, novelist Clifford Irving's no-holds-barred account of the literary hoax that stunned the publishing world, is the story of his faked "autobiography" of Howard Hughes. HOAX was first published in Great Britain in 1997, where it became a bestseller. But no American hardcover house would touch THE HOAX until now. One major publisher offered a $500,000 advance when the book was nearing completion, drew up the contract...then...
Author
Language
English
Description
Did a secret love cause an innocent man to die? Twelve years ago, Ted Jaffe was the prosecutor in a high-profile capital murder case. Now a successful partner in a prestigious south Florida firm, he's just found out that the man he put on death row could be innocent. As he delves deeper into the case, his elegant world begins to crumble, causing Jaffe to return to the same courtroom to defend the man he put away -- a man whose conviction concealed...
3) The hoax
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Pathological liar, Clifford Irving, stages a complex hoax. In the 1970's Irving managed to fool a major publisher and LIFE magazine into thinking he was writing an authorized biography of Howard Hughes. Irving and his best friend and partner, Dick Susskind, go to extreme lengths to pull off the hair-brained scheme. The more outrageous the lies they concoct, the more believable they become and the more money gets thrown at them. Inspired by the unbelievable...
4) The Hoax
Author
Language
English
Description
The thrilling and unbelievably true story of the man who almost pulled off the biggest literary con of the 20th century. When Clifford Irving convinces a major publishing house that Howard Hughes, the bigger-than-life billionaire recluse, has asked Irving to pen his authorized autobiography, Irving must concoct an elaborate scheme to prove his fake manuscript is real.