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London Falling

<b>A riveting blend of true crime, social history, and investigative journalism written and read by one of the most decorated non-fiction authors working today, Patrick Radden Keefe.<br /><br />From the Baillie Gifford Prize-winning and<i> Sunday Times </i>bestselling author of<i> Empire of Pain </i>and <i>Say Nothing </i>comes a riveting story of wealth, violence and deceit at the heart of a glittering city.</b><br /><br />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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br /><b>'Gripping, rigorous, smart . . . breathtaking' - Jon Ronson<br /><br />'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<br /><br />'More addictive than any box set, <i>London Falling</i> will break your heart, instil you with cold rage, and make you see London in a completely new light' - Sathnam Sanghera</b>