Justin McDonnell
@justinmcdonnell.bsky.social
Professional Overthinker. 🌈 Words/Books: Rough Guides, Clash Magazine, Thrillist, Atlas Obscura, Bradt Guides. Ex-Time Out Editor (Croatia).
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When a teen-ager obsessed with wealth and status became mixed up with two businessmen with ties to the London underworld, he found himself engulfed in a crisis. Patrick Radden Keefe investigates.
A Teen’s Fatal Plunge Into the London Underworld
After Zac Brettler mysteriously plummeted into the Thames, his grieving parents discovered that he’d been posing as an oligarch’s son. Would the police help them solve the puzzle of his death?
www.newyorker.com
December 18, 2024 at 5:09 PM
When a teen-ager obsessed with wealth and status became mixed up with two businessmen with ties to the London underworld, he found himself engulfed in a crisis. Patrick Radden Keefe investigates.
Reposted by Justin McDonnell
You’re not violating a reading rule if you opt not to finish a book that's not resonating with you. Life is finite and we thus have a finite number of books to read. Reading shouldn’t be a chore. You needn’t feel guilty for ensuring that your time reading is spent reading things that you love.
November 27, 2024 at 3:32 AM
You’re not violating a reading rule if you opt not to finish a book that's not resonating with you. Life is finite and we thus have a finite number of books to read. Reading shouldn’t be a chore. You needn’t feel guilty for ensuring that your time reading is spent reading things that you love.