The Instant Sunday Times Number One Bestseller. From the award-winning author of Empire of Pain and Say Nothing.
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.
A riveting story of wealth, violence and deceit at the heart of a glittering city. Gripping, rigorous and smart – a defining book of our time.
