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Patrick Radden Keefe

@praddenkeefe.bsky.social
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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.

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Patrick Radden Keefe @praddenkeefe.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Munich! This is tonight.
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Doubleday Books @doubledaybooks.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Thanks for including LONDON FALLING by @praddenkeefe.bsky.social and STOLEN REVOLUTION by @yjtorbati.bsky.social and Bozorgmehr Sharafedin: www.esquire.com/entertainmen...
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The 28 Best Books of 2026 (So Far)
Household names like Emily St. John Mandel, Marlon James, and Ann Patchett have soared with blockbuster novels.
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Patrick Radden Keefe @praddenkeefe.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
As a big fan of the gorgeous special editions of the Folio Society, I'm so delighted that they've added my book SAY NOTHING to the collection. It's available today, beautifully illustrated, with an introduction by the great Paul Muldoon. @foliosociety.bsky.social www.foliosociety.com/usa/say-noth...
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Say Nothing | The Folio Society Non-Fiction
Get your special edition of Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe—a collectible masterpiece from The Folio Society.
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Patrick Radden Keefe @praddenkeefe.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Very sad to learn of the death of Frances Stoner Saunders, whose extraordinary book Who Paid the Piper was a big touchstone for my podcast Wind of Change. They're reissuing the book this year. Seek it out. www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s...
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Frances Stonor Saunders obituary
Author and documentary-maker best known for her 1999 book about CIA-funded cultural espionage Who Paid the Piper?
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Patrick Radden Keefe @praddenkeefe.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I always look forward to the Baillie Gifford nominations because the prize spotlights so much great nonfiction, so it's a thrill to see London Falling on this year's longlist, alongside my brilliant colleague Anand Gopal and so many other fantastic books. 🙏 🙏 www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s...
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Espionage, true crime and war: Baillie Gifford longlist revealed
Patrick Radden Keefe, Ben Macintyre and the Guardian’s Charlotte Higgins are among the 13 authors selected for the nonfiction award
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Patrick Radden Keefe @praddenkeefe.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Thanks to the @thetimes.com for this piece about LONDON FALLING.
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Patrick Radden Keefe: Parents see their own dilemmas in London Falling tragedy
The author of a bestseller about the mysterious death of Zac Brettler, who was seduced into a criminal netherworld, says the case is a sign of our times
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Patrick Radden Keefe @praddenkeefe.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Really looking forward to this. Come if you can!
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Doubleday Books @doubledaybooks.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
"I dedicated “London Falling” to my parents because it’s very much a book about parents and children, so I thought a lot about my own parents as I was writing it, and about my children — the vagaries of raising a child." @praddenkeefe.bsky.social on LONDON FALLING. www.linkedin.com/pulse/patric...
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Patrick Radden Keefe on writing the book everyone’s reading this summer
For many journalists, even those operating at Patrick Radden Keefe's level, writing and reporting a book can be a solitary exercise marked by bouts of anxiety. “One of the strange aspects of this job ...
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Patrick Radden Keefe @praddenkeefe.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Read this new one by Rachel Aviv. It is astonishing, one of the best magazine stories I've read in a long time. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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The Scientist Who Lived with Dozens of Children from the Pacific Islands
Carleton Gajdusek won the Nobel for his work on a disease in Papua New Guinea. But his biggest experiment was on the children he took back to the U.S.
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Patrick Radden Keefe @praddenkeefe.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Sept. 3 I'll be appearing in East Hampton with my longtime New Yorker editor Daniel Zalewski and our wonderful colleague Susan Morrison to talk about Susan's book "Lorne," my book "London Falling" and all things New Yorker. If you're in that neck of the woods for Labor Day, come! Tix below.
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PATRICK RADDEN KEEFE, SUSAN MORRISON, AND DANIEL ZALEWSKI DISCUSS WRITING AND EDITING AT "THE NEW YORKER"
BookHampton is a year-round bookstore located in the village of East Hampton, New York. Our well-stocked store features new, frontlist titles, as well as backlist favorites. You will also find a fine ...
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 09/08/2026
If you’re looking for a long book to read that contains hundreds of pages of interesting material to keep you enthralled, Vann R. Newkirk II recommends “London Falling.” See The Atlantic’s full summer reading guide: theatln.tc/aOo6jjjn
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Michèle Mendelssohn @mendelight.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Sleepless last couple of nights because of this heartbreaking, tender, impeccably reported new book by @praddenkeefe.bsky.social LONDON FALLING is fascinating and utterly gobsmacking -- and that's just the footnotes. Best not read before bed!
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David McMillion @dmreds.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
The crazy story of a couple of old con men, the teen that got mixed up with them and the family that mourned him. A really good read. @praddenkeefe.bsky.social
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Forest Issac Jones @forestissacj.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
@praddenkeefe.bsky.social This is in your wheelhouse! First book event of the fall in NYC! Thursday, September 17th at 7pm. Please share the Info and link— I am so thrilled to be joining IrishArtsCenter as part of their 2026-27 season! Tickets are on sale- irishartscenter.org/event/forest...
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Eva Holland @evaholland.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Sometimes I like to match up my reading with my location. Other times I tear through @praddenkeefe.bsky.social’s latest, the phenomenal LONDON FALLING, in a place about as far from oligarchs and violence and urban intrigue as you can get:
A sandy path leads down between trees and brush to a clear lake with mountains on the horizon.
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Doubleday Books @doubledaybooks.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Nick Hornby's summer reading list includes LONDON FALLING by @praddenkeefe.bsky.social. Read more at @thebeliever.net www.thebeliever.net/stuff-ive-be...
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Stuff I’ve Been Reading: Summer 2026 - Believer Magazine
books read: A Long Game: Notes on Writing Fiction—Elizabeth McCracken London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family’s Search for Truth—Patrick Radden Keefe The Things We Never Say—E...
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Doubleday Books @doubledaybooks.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Listen to @praddenkeefe.bsky.social on This Is Criminal: thisiscriminal.com/episode-368-...
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Episode 368: Riverwalk (6.12.2026)
In November 2019, nineteen-year-old Zac Brettler went missing. When his parents began looking for him, they discovered that Zac had been living a double life.
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Patrick Radden Keefe @praddenkeefe.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
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
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Best Nonfiction of 2026 So Far
The Amazon Editors’ #1 Best Nonfiction Book of 2026 hails from Patrick Radden Keefe, one of the most talented narrative nonfiction writers working today.
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Patrick Radden Keefe @praddenkeefe.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Rachelle & Matthew Brettler speak to The Times.
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London Falling and the death of our son, by Zac Brettler’s parents
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...
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John Self @john-self.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
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. seamusheaneyhome.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...
The book. All gold and black and dramatic
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Talking Feds with Harry Litman @talkingfeds.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
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
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Jane Hammons @janehammons.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
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
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Mark Russell OBE @markrusselluk.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
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
Picture of the book cover
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Patrick Radden Keefe @praddenkeefe.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
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...
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Curtis Yarvin’s Plot Against America
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.
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Patrick Radden Keefe @praddenkeefe.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
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...
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Patrick Radden Keefe: ‘Fakery is now the coin of the real...
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
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Doubleday Books @doubledaybooks.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
"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
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25 Sensational Books to Read This Summer
The Atlantic’s writers and editors have chosen fiction and nonfiction to match all sorts of moods.
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Patrick Radden Keefe @praddenkeefe.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Edinburgh! This is a week from tonight.
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Patrick Radden Keefe @praddenkeefe.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
London! This is next week.
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
This is how the United States Department of Justice writes now.
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Doubleday Books @doubledaybooks.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
LONDON FALLING by @praddenkeefe.bsky.social is one of @nytimes.com best books of 2026 (so far): www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/b...
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The Best Books of the Year (So Far)
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The New York Review of Books @nybooks.com · 26/04/2026
In London Falling, Patrick Radden Keefe “comes about as close as possible to resolving” the problems of the true crime genre. “For all its formal satisfactions [the book] is scrupulously humane.” —@mrkocnnll.bsky.social
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London’s Brutal Underground | Mark O’Connell
In Patrick Radden Keefe’s London Falling, an ordinary boy’s deadly obsession with the ultrarich reveals deeper corruption at the heart of modern London.
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Patrick Radden Keefe @praddenkeefe.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
I'm hugely grateful for this deeply considered and beautifully written review of LONDON FALLING from a writer I admire, @mrkocnnll.bsky.social. @nybooks.com www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
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London’s Brutal Underground | Mark O’Connell
In Patrick Radden Keefe’s London Falling, an ordinary boy’s deadly obsession with the ultrarich reveals deeper corruption at the heart of modern London.
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Doubleday Books @doubledaybooks.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
“Reads like a nonfiction social novel, capturing something vital about a city that, for all its cultural energy and beauty, can feel as though it has ice in its veins.” Thank you, @markoconnell.bsky.social! @nybooks.com on LONDON FALLING by @praddenkeefe.bsky.social www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
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London’s Brutal Underground | Mark O’Connell
In Patrick Radden Keefe’s London Falling, an ordinary boy’s deadly obsession with the ultrarich reveals deeper corruption at the heart of modern London.
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Conrail Twitty @grenadine.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Just finished reading @praddenkeefe.bsky.social’s WILD New Yorker article about a group of people in New Orleans who staged *dozens* of car-into-18-wheeler accidents for money. They were real collisions. Gonna be thinking about this one for a while. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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The Car-Crash Conspiracy
High-speed accidents, crooked lawyers, and poor people desperate for cash—it was the kind of scheme that could have been cooked up only in the Big Easy.
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Patrick Radden Keefe @praddenkeefe.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
For the @newyorker.com Radio Hour, I spoke with David Remnick about LONDON FALLING, and for this segment we included some audio from recorded conversations the Brettlers had with Akbar Shamji and the gangster known as "Indian Dave." www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-...
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Patrick Radden Keefe on “London Falling,” His Book About a Teen-Ager’s Mysterious Life and Death
The New Yorker staff writer, who has chronicled political violence under the Irish Republican Army and the opioid epidemic, traces how a teen came to impersonate an oligarch’s son.
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The Sunday Long Read @thesundaylongread.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
For @praddenkeefe.bsky.social, one of the best writers on corruption, the current moment provides an extraordinary bounty. Here, he focuses on a glut of car accidents involving big rigs around New Orleans. Guest editor Kit Chellel's top pick: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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The Car-Crash Conspiracy
High-speed accidents, crooked lawyers, and poor people desperate for cash—it was the kind of scheme that could have been cooked up only in the Big Easy.
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Patrick Radden Keefe @praddenkeefe.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
😂🙏 Will cook for you any time.
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Patrick Radden Keefe @praddenkeefe.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Gobsmacked. Thanks to the incredible team at @doubledaybooks.bsky.social, to booksellers (who are, no joke, keeping literacy alive) and to everyone who has read the book already or has it on reserve at the library or just thinks they might check it out eventually when they get around to it. 🙏🙏🙏
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Patrick Radden Keefe @praddenkeefe.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
What a fun night in San Francisco. My interlocutor Isaac Chotiner may have been going easy on me.
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Lucas Thornton @lucasthornton.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
This is the craziest shit I have read in a loooooong time.
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Michael Luo @michaelluo.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Siren. New @praddenkeefe.bsky.social joint. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
newyorker.com
The Car-Crash Conspiracy
High-speed accidents, crooked lawyers, and poor people desperate for cash—it was the kind of scheme that could have been cooked up only in the Big Easy.
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Patricia Cartes @cartes.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
@praddenkeefe.bsky.social has done it again. My #15of2026 #londonfalling is another page-turner. If Say Nothing had me abandon a family ski adventure to spend 3 hours in the parking lot of Palisades unable to stop reading, this one is going the same way. Can’t wait for PRK’s talk at the Irish Center
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Patrick Radden Keefe @praddenkeefe.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
In the New Yorker this week, a story I've been trying to get off the ground for 5 years... about a Hollywood stuntwoman-turned-personal-injury-lawyer, her ex-con fiancee, high-speed crashes with 18-wheelers, and economic desperation in 21st century America. It's set in New Orleans and it's a doozy.
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The Car-Crash Conspiracy
High-speed accidents, crooked lawyers, and poor people desperate for cash—it was the kind of scheme that could have been cooked up only in the Big Easy.
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Frank Murphy 🇺🇦 🇮🇪 🇨🇦 @thesidewalkballet.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
@praddenkeefe.bsky.social "that rarest of reporter birds, a deeply thorough investigative journalist who can actually write and tell a gripping human story. Anyone who starts London Falling will finish it quickly” ✍️ Ian Brown @theglobeandmail.com Gift article www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/30a4f28...
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In new book London Falling, Patrick Radden Keefe tells his most intimate true story yet
Investigation into the mysterious death of a British teenager examines both a troubling demise and the city’s criminal history
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Cormac Kinsella @cormackinsella.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Say Nothing author @praddenkeefe.bsky.social talks to Keith Duggan in @irishtimes.com ‘The truth often makes people uncomfortable’ @picadorbooks.bsky.social www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
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Say Nothing author Patrick Radden Keefe: ‘The truth often makes people uncomfortable’
The US writer has found that getting answers involves brass neck persistence and blunt rejection, to which he has happily become immune
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Patrick Radden Keefe @praddenkeefe.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Wonderful review of LONDON FALLING by the great Craig Brown in the Sunday Times.
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How the mysterious death of a teenager reveals London’s seedy underworld
In London Falling, Patrick Radden Keefe uncovers the life and lies of a 19-year-old who jumped from luxury Thameside flats — and proves he’s still the master of non-fiction
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Patrick Radden Keefe @praddenkeefe.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
A woman after my own heart.
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Jordan Ross @jordanross.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
For today’s Winnipeg Free Press Books section, I reviewed #LondonFalling, the new one from @praddenkeefe.bsky.social. I wrote 600 words but I really only needed five: He’s done it again, folks!
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Late teen’s dealings with London’s criminal underworld unpacked in riveting, remarkable account
Breaking News, Sports, Manitoba, Canada
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Patrick Radden Keefe @praddenkeefe.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
🧐 Two bits of news in this @thr.com piece by Julian Sancton.
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Patrick Radden Keefe @praddenkeefe.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Those of you who know my real priorities will understand how pleased I was to finally be asked to do a Grub Street Diet www.grubstreet.com/article/patr...
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