{"title": "Patrick Radden Keefe, London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family's Search for Truth, with Bianca Bosker", "start": "2026-11-09T18:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "The New York Society Library", "address": "East 79th Street 53, 10075", "price": "$15/$10", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "15.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/true-crime", "society/crime"], "description": "The New York Society Library hosts an in-person lecture with author Patrick Radden Keefe, joined by writer Bianca Bosker, about his book London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family's Search for Truth. The in-person event is fully registered, with a waitlist, though space remains for the livestream. The book follows the Brettler family investigating the death of their son Zac, a young man who jumped from a London tower after living under a fictitious identity as the heir to a Russian oligarch. 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Life of M follows a writer who studies the life of M, a movie star whose fame has melted away the rules of reality, hoping to capture truths about the experience of living. Signed copies of the novel are available in ticket bundles, and books will be sold at the event.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/rachel-cusk-life-of-m-71722/", "official_url": "https://pioneerworks.org/programs/rachel-cusk-life-of-m", "image": "https://noky.io/images/a2e4afcbba6e83430e00bf0528043b2751d9ef6585307685d824a4d31a513a2e-2000.webp"}]}