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 Zacs parents on a dark journey to find out what brought him to the balcony that night and how a teenagers life of make-believe drew him into the citys terrifying underworld.

Format: Hardcover
Published: 2026
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Pages: 384
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1035056275
ISBN 13: 9781035056279