Joe Orton exaggerated his humble origins for his public persona

Evidence

Orton grew up in Leicester, not “in the gutter,” as he says, but in a council house. — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 319

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 319