Joe Gould
Writer, Author
1889 – 1957
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Who was Joe Gould?
Joseph Ferdinand Gould was an American eccentric, also known as Professor Seagull. Often homeless, he pretended to be the author of the longest book ever written, an Oral History of the Contemporary World. He inspired the book Joe Gould's Secret and its film adaptation, as well as being a character in the 2009 computer game The Blackwell Convergence.
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