Author: Clifford Irving

Author

Clifford Irving

Clifford Irving (1930–2017) was an American novelist and investigative reporter, born in New York City. He published some twenty novels, among them On a Darkling Plain (1956), The Valley (1960) and Final Argument (1990), listed here, but is best known for the hoax of 1971–72, in which he and a collaborator produced a fake autobiography of the billionaire Howard Hughes. Irving confessed and served 17 months in prison; the story was filmed as The Hoax (2007), with Richard Gere in the title role.

Irving died in Sarasota, Florida, on 19 December 2017.

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Final Argument

by Clifford Irving 31/03/2026 0

Final Argument by Clifford Irving. Drama / Legal. Ted Jaffe, a Florida district attorney, sends Darryl Morgan, a convicted murderer, to Death Row.... Read more.