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London Falling

London Falling

by Patrick Radden Keefe

Publisher Picador

Genre: Non-Fiction

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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.

'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 boxset, this book will break your heart, instill you with cold rage, and make you see London in a completely new light' Sathnam Sanghera


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.

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About the Author

Patrick Radden Keefe

Patrick Radden Keefe is a staff writer atThe New Yorkerand the author of the bestsellersEmpire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty(winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction),Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks(a collection of hisNew Yorkerstories), andSay Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland(named one of the 20 Best Books of the 21st Century by theNew York Timesand now streaming as a limited series on Disney+), as well as two previous critically-acclaimed books,The SnakeheadandChatter. He is the writer and host of the eight-part podcastWind of Change, whichThe Guardiannamed the #1 podcast of 2020, and the recipient of the National Magazine Award for Feature Writing, the Orwell Prize for Political Writing, and the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction. He lives in New York.

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