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London Falling by Patrick Radden Keefe | The Boy, the Lie, and the City
What happens when a teenager invents a fortune, convinces dangerous men that it exists, and finds himself trapped inside his own deception? In London Falling, Patrick Radden Keefe investigates the extraordinary and tragic story of Zac Brettler, a nineteen-year-old who posed as the heir to a Russian oligarch before falling to his death from a luxury London apartment in 2019.
Keefe reconstructs a world of organized crime, imaginary fortunes, compromised loyalties, and extraordinary wealth. Through the circumstances surrounding Zac's death and his family's struggle for answers, the book exposes…
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