The New Yorker Radio HourPatrick Radden Keefe on “London Falling,” His Book About a Teen-Ager’s Mysterious Life and Death

Fake-It Culture, Real Consequences

10:44–11:15 · 31s

Keefe connects Zach’s hustler persona to a broader culture that rewards showmanship and deceit, dropping a pointed comparison to contemporary politics and its highest office.

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