A24 Adapting ‘London Falling,’ Latest Novel From ‘Say Nothing’ Author Patrick Radden Keefe, for TV

By Alex Ritman

Alex Ritman

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“Say Nothing” author Patrick Radden Keefe‘s latest novel is being developed for TV before it’s even hit shelves.

A24‘s U.K. outpost has acquired the rights to “London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family’s Search for Truth,” set to publish on April 7, in what’s said to be have been a competitive bidding process.

The book, being published by Doubleday and Pan Macmillan, tells the true story of Zac Brettler, a London teenager who died under mysterious circumstances in 2019. After his death, his parents discovered he had been living a double life, posing as the billionaire son of a Russian oligarch. As they investigate what happened, and who there son really was, they are drawn into the dark underworld beneath London’s glittering surface.

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