Clifford Irving, who perpetrated one of the biggest literary hoaxes of the 20th century in the early 1970s when he concocted a supposedly authorized autobiography of the billionaire Howard Hughes ...

Lest we imagine that the publishing industry went to hell only after James Frey and J.T. Leroy clambered on board, here comes Lasse Hallström to remind us of a literary dustup emblematic of a much ...

The Hoax is a hoax, and that’s one of its many pleasures. This new Richard Gere movie purports to tell the true story of the not-very-successful novelist Clifford Irving and his notorious 1972 attempt ...

The Hoax, originally released to largely positive notices in 2006, chronicles the true adventure of author Clifford Irving and his researcher Richard Suskind as they concocted a phony "autobiography" ...

I've just seen myself portrayed in a movie, and other than the fact that I come out as a nerd and a jerk, I do OK. It's all in Disney's new hit, ''The Hoax'' which is the story of how hoaxter Clifford ...

Based on a true story, "The Hoax" details the intricate scheme of Clifford Irving as he attempts to publish his completely fabricated autobiography of a living, breathing man, Howard Hughes. Hughes is ...

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Clifford Irving, whose scheme to publish a phony autobiography of billionaire Howard Hughes created a sensation in the 1970s and stands as one of the all-time literary hoaxes, ...

SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — The prankster who wrote a phony autobiography of billionaire Howard Hughes and fooled a major publisher in 1971 has died. Clifford Irving was 87. The New York Times reports ...