London Falling
Patrick Radden Keefe
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From the publisher
From the Baillie Gifford Prize-winning and Sunday Times bestselling author of Empire of Pain and Say Nothing comes a riveting story of wealth, violence and deceit at the heart of a glittering city.
In 2019, a London teenager, Zac Brettler, fell to his death from a luxury apartment building on the banks of the Thames. On a desperate quest to understand how their son had died, his grieving parents made a terrible discovery: Zac had been leading a fantasy life, posing as the son of a wealthy Russian oligarch. Patrick Radden Keefe follows Zac’s parents on a dark journey to find out what brought him to the balcony that night – and how a teenager’s life of make-believe drew him into the city’s terrifying underworld.
‘It will become a defining book of our time’ – Johanna Thomas-Corr, the Times
‘Gripping, rigorous, smart . . . breathtaking’ - Jon Ronson
‘A phenomenal book that will stay in your soul long after the last page . . .it captures how easily a life can go wrong in the shadows of a city bankrolled by billionaires’ - Emily Maitlis
‘More addictive than any box set . . . will make you see London in a completely new light’ - Sathnam Sanghera