THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES No.1 BESTSELLERTHE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES No.1 BESTSELLER A defining book of our time. (The Times) The master of the non-fiction narrative. (The Sunday Times) A masterpiece. (The Observer) Compulsive. (The Guardian) Breathtaking. (Jon Ronson) Completely engrossing. (Louis Theroux) Phenomenal. (Emily Maitlis) More addictive than any box set. (Sathnam Sanghera) 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.