Part 45 (2/2)
The Gestapo orders the Berlin Criminal Police to solve these crimes.
The hunter is Paul Bach, Chief Homicide Inspector, a wounded combat veteran of the Russian Front, a man at odds with evil. And the hunted is the self-styled ”Angel,” who always leaves a clue in the form of an enigmatic note.
As hunter closes in on hunted, The Angel of Zin offers an answer to the question all supposedly decent men and women must ask themselves: ”If I had been a German then, and realized what was happening, what would I have done?”
Clifford Irving's AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF HOWARD HUGHES
”The most daring literary caper of all time.” - Newsweek Immense wealth. Corrupt political power. Scientific genius. s.e.xual kinkiness. Howard Hughes, the legendary Texas billionaire, exemplified all these qualities.
Oscar-winning moviemaker and the shy lover of dozens of Hollywood movie stars, Hughes bought the favors of U.S. presidents and once tried to buy Las Vegas. In his twilight years, he became a recluse, hiding in shadowed hotel suites. By 1970 many believed that he had died and that his business a.s.sociates had stolen his billions.
”I've known Howard Hughes since I was a boy,” Clifford Irving informed his publisher, ”and he's asked me to help him write the story of his life. He'll name names.”
The book was called ”a stunning hoax,” but many believe that Richard Nixon's fear of the ma.n.u.script's truth caused him to panic and order the doomed burglary of Democratic Party headquarters at the Watergate.
For writing the Autobiography of Howard Hughes, Clifford Irving was sentenced to 2 years in federal prison.
Clifford Irving's PRISON JOURNAL (a/k/a JAILING).
When the Nixon administration dealt Clifford Irving a 2 year prison sentence for committing the Howard Hughes Autobiography Hoax, the 41-year-old author was unprepared to serve time.
In prison, he learned how to jail and prevail. But then he was caught with contraband, moved to a three-star penitentiary, and accused of inciting a riot and conspiring to kill the warden.
This is the true story of how the author survived and won the battle for his freedom.
THE 38TH FLOOR.
”High-powered political fiction.” Times Literary Supplement (London).
A prophetic drama of international politics, The 38th Floor begins with a threat of nuclear war with China and ends with a desperate manhunt through the streets of Manhattan.
The world teeters on the brink when John Burden, an African-American, is elevated unexpectedly to acting Secretary-General of the United Nations. Burden soon finds himself in danger of going down in history as ”the great black traitor.”
In the genre of the political novel, The 38th Floor stands out as a masterly blend of action, character, and ideas.
”Compulsive reading.” - Books and Bookmen.
BOY ON TRIAL.
Clifford Irving's most recent novel tells the story of Billy Braverman, a TV star and pa.s.sionate rock climber, indicted in the Family Court on Eastern Long Island for murder. The victim is the father of his girlfriend, Amy.
Billy is the 12-year-old son of a prominent lawyer. Amy is the daughter of a garbage collector who believes he's a descendant of William Shakespeare.
Set in the lush world of the Hamptons and on the dangerous streets of Manhattan, Boy on Trial is an extraordinary tale of a boy's battle against the adult world to protect the life of the girl he loves.
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