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A "fascinating" memoir--and the inspiration for the movie starring Richard Gere--from the man behind the forged autobiography of Howard Hughes (Time).

'I was down to my last chip, but it never occurred to me not to put it on the line, bet it, and roll the dice one more time . . .'

The ultimate caper story, novelist Clifford Irving's no-holds-barred account of the literary hoax of our time--his "autobiography" of Howard Hughes--was published in Great Britain in 1997, where it became a bestseller. But no American hardcover house would touch THE HOAX until... Read Full Overview