London Falling, Paperback/Patrick Radden Keefe

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.