Citizen Hughes : The Power, the Money and the Madness of the Man portrayed in the MovieTHE AVIATOR

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Summary: Citizen Hughes
Review: Michael Drosnin goes deep into the bowels of the Hughes empire and as a bonus, the deepest pathway into the Washington power elite. (Is there really and honest person in Washington?)Drosnin's technique for skipping back and forth through time was cleverly done through blending the characters names and incidences with subtle reminders. There are many names to remember and in the beginning I thought I may be "screwed" to remember all of them. But this was not the case. This read left me with truly ambivalent feelings for several characters but most of all Hughes. His total waste of his brain power through drugs and isolation and still his remarkable ability to be lucid when demanded of him is insight to the genius he once was. I wish I read this book long ago.

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Summary: Carl Carlatta
Review: The book is great and author Michael Drosnin...Some things you don't see in the movie "Aviator"..Howard Huges went by other names..Carl Carlatta"..When he traveled incognito and bragged about his freedom...

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Summary: money can buy almost anything
Review: a real page turner, Citizen Hughes shows how politicians love money as much as power, and how it can be their downfall.

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Summary: Excellent book
Review: I read the hard cover version of this book in the 80s. I haven't read the latest paperback version here that has been re-released to capitalize on the Hughes biopic "The Aviator." This book picks up where "The Aviator" leaves off and therefore is primarily concerned with the time Howard Hughes lived as a recluse at The Desert Inn in Las Vegas. It was supposedly derived from thousands of notes written in Hughes' own hand. It is an amazing window into the mind of an eccentric (insane?) but brilliant man. The book is full of other gems as well, including details about how Hughes' people were involved in the CIA plot to kill Castro. The first hand reports of LBJ's cynical and self-serving support of the civil rights movement were especially interesting. I would highly recommend this book, as long as the content hasn't changed from the previous edition.

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Summary: Quickly
Review: This book tells the real Hughes story. Many interesting facts you won't get in the movie. I loved it!