“London Falling” is both a meticulously-researched descent into London’s billionaire-fueled criminal underworld, and a deeply intimate family portrait of love and loss across generations.
It’s all handled with Patrick Radden Keefe’s usual skill and care, and yet another work of his that explores the hunt for justice in very unjust times. Readers are continually astounded by the depth of Keefe’s research and his ability to tell these stories with such a compelling narrative voice.
This book dives into the death of London teeenager Zac Brettler, who mysteriously falls off a balcony in the middle of the night.
While trying to figure out what happened to him, his parents discover he had been posing as the son of a Russian oligarch.
“London Falling” is meticulously researched, entirely gripping, and a fascinating look at London’s criminal underworld.
