Another incredible work of investigative reporting from the award-winning author of Say Nothing, London Falling unpeels the astonishing true story of a teenager who mysteriously fell to his death from a Thames-side luxury apartment and was later discovered to have been posing as the son of a Russian oligarch.
Synopsis
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.
Review: Gripping, rigorous and smart, London Falling takes a terrible mystery with an extraordinary cast of characters and somehow manages to make it perfectly encapsulate the weirdness of how London has mutated these past decades . . .
Publisher information
- Publisher: Pan Macmillan
- ISBN: 9781035056293