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Fake! The Story of Clifford Irving and the Howard Hughes Literary Hoax
Manage episode 383693073 series 2779329
In the early 1970s, McGraw-Hill Book Company landed what could have been the literary scoop of the 20th century: A writer named Clifford Irving pitched them that he'd obtained the permission of the reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes to write a tell-all memoir of the mogul. That manuscript, though, turned out to be one of the biggest literary hoaxes of the 20th century, and it landed Irving in prison.
Executive Producers: Maria Trimarchi and Holly Frey
Producer & Editor: Casby Bias
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Chapters
1. exp (00:00:00)
2. A1 (00:06:12)
3. A2 (00:13:53)
4. BOM irving (00:15:12)
5. drinking (00:28:05)
242 episodes
Manage episode 383693073 series 2779329
In the early 1970s, McGraw-Hill Book Company landed what could have been the literary scoop of the 20th century: A writer named Clifford Irving pitched them that he'd obtained the permission of the reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes to write a tell-all memoir of the mogul. That manuscript, though, turned out to be one of the biggest literary hoaxes of the 20th century, and it landed Irving in prison.
Executive Producers: Maria Trimarchi and Holly Frey
Producer & Editor: Casby Bias
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Chapters
1. exp (00:00:00)
2. A1 (00:06:12)
3. A2 (00:13:53)
4. BOM irving (00:15:12)
5. drinking (00:28:05)
242 episodes
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