New Yorker staff writer. Author of Rogues, Empire of Pain, Say Nothing. Podcast: Wind of Change. Producer of FX series Say Nothing, now streaming on Hulu (in the US) and Disney+ (everywhere else).
New book coming April 7, 2026: London Falling.
Patrick Radden Keefe
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Reading as fast as I can and not wanting it to end. The mastery of @praddenkeefe.bsky.social London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and A Family’s Search for Truth
In this week's 1 on 1, @praddenkeefe.bsky.social joins Harry to unravel the mysterious death at the center of his new book—and how oligarch wealth, corrupt systems, and Trump-style excess are reshaping both London and America.
Link: youtu.be/gXspEQ53nLM
"You might find yourself willing to forego scrolling, eating, or sleeping to race to its end." -Vann R. Newkirk on LONDON FALLING by @praddenkeefe.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/books/2026/0... via @theatlantic.com
Amazon has named LONDON FALLING the #1 nonfiction book of 2026 so far. Wild. 🙏🙏https://www.amazon.com/amazonbookreview/read/B0GX2TJLS1?ref_=abr_widget_nav&theme=light
I’m delighted to be talking to @praddenkeefe.bsky.social on Monday of next week at the @shhomeplace.bsky.social about London Falling, his exceptional book about the love of money.
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Rachelle & Matthew Brettler speak to The Times.
Edinburgh! This is a week from tonight.
Enormous congrats to my wonderful colleague Ava Kofman, who just won a National Magazine Award for this tremendous piece. If you haven't read it, now's your chance: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
I took a stroll around Riverwalk and chatted about LONDON FALLING and the dilemmas of this kind of writing with the excellent @basialc.bsky.social, and am very grateful for the thoughtful piece which came out of it: observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
This book is one of the most incredible I have ever read. #LondonFalling is gripping, scary and at times unbelievable. I will never see London the same way again.
Emily Maitlis is right, this story will stay with me a long time.
Incredible writing from @praddenkeefe.bsky.social
The Atlantic’s writers and editors have chosen fiction and nonfiction to match all sorts of moods.
The Amazon Editors’ #1 Best Nonfiction Book of 2026 hails from Patrick Radden Keefe, one of the most talented narrative nonfiction writers working today.
Patrick Radden Keefe’s book London Falling has become a huge bestseller — the true story of 19-year-old Zac Brettler, who got involved with a criminal underworld before jumping to his death in 2019. F...
On a walk along the Thames Embankment, the investigative journalist discusses his new book, London Calling, and the online world and Trumpist nihilism that led the young man at its centre to his death
observer.co.uk
The reactionary blogger’s call for a monarch to rule the country once seemed like a joke. Now the right is ready to bend the knee.
Plus we’re excited to be hosting @praddenkeefe.bsky.social and @misszing.bsky.social at Edinburgh’s Church Hill Theatre one week today (Wed 6th May) and you can sign up here to join us in person: www.theportobellobookshop.com/events/an-ev...