London Falling a Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Familya s Search for Truth

From the New York 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. THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES No.1 BESTSELLER THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES No.1 BESTSELLER ´A defining book of our time´ - The Times ´The master of the non-fiction narrative´ - The Sunday Times ´A masterpiece´ - The Observer ´Compulsive´ - The Guardian ´Breathtaking´ - Jon Ronson ´Completely engrossing´ - Louis Theroux ´Phenomenal´ - Emily Maitlis ´More addictive than any box set´ - Sathnam Sanghera 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.