Bøker av Clifford Irving

A memoir from the man behind one of the greatest literary hoaxes of the twentieth century: the forged autobiography of Howard Hughes. ';Fascinating!' (Time). The ultimate caper story, novelist Clifford Irvings no-holds-barred account of the literary hoax that stunned the publishing world, is the story of his faked ';autobiography' of Howard Hughes. The 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 abruptly bowed out. Why? The answer is implicit in this classic tale of daring, treachery, and corruption. As fast-paced and exciting as any spy novel, it involves the reader at every devilish twist and turn. Clifford Irving tells how the hoax developed, like a Chinese puzzle, from its madcap beginning to the final startling confessiona witty and nail-biting story of international intrigue and beautiful women, of powerful corporate executives and jet-set rogues, of cover-ups and headlines. Clifford Irving, his wife, Edith, and his collaborator, Richard Suskind, went to prison for their efforts. But, as the author himself writes: ';Beyond all the naivete and stupidity, beyond the vulgarity inherent in the amount of money involvedbeyond all this a certain grandeur had rooted itself in the scheme, and I could still spy a reckless and artistic splendor to the way we had carried it out.'

In 1972 Clifford Irving pulled a sensational hoax involving Howard Hughes, a prestigious New York publishing house and over a million dollars. This book recreates his own audacious literary sting when he and fellow conspirator convinced McGraw-Hill that Howard Hughes, the billionaire, had commissioned Irving to write his authorised autobiography.