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It was on a car ride from Palma harbour in Mallorca that Clifford Irving first mentioned the Newsweek article about billionaire Howard Hughes to his friend and fellow writer Richard Suskind. They joked about the idea of solving their money worries by collaborating with a publisher to produce a fake "auto- biography" of the world's most famous recluse, but it then occurred to them that the publisher need not be in on the secret, since Hughes would surely never break his cover merely in order to deny their authenticity. Of course it was merely a joke, just a wild idea. But the seed grew... the idea seemed perfect... there would be no real harm done since if they were discovered they could pay back all the money... Almost without trying the two men found themselves embarked upon the scheme they code- named "Project Octavio", which was to become the most outrageous million- dollar hoax of the century.Here, for the first time, as fast-paced and exciting as any thriller, is Clifford Irving's own story of how the plan developed, step by step, from its madcap conception to the final confession-a roguish, hilarious and nail-biting tale of international intrigue and beautiful women, of big-business executives and the jet-set, of half-truths and headlines. ISBN:9780850311228
