The Fall

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Five days before The Fall was published, Rupert Murdoch announced his resignation as Chair of News Corp and handed power to his eldest son Lachlan. Reading Michael Wolff's astonishingly frank and revelatory book - in the scandalous spirit of his trilogy on Donald Trump as well as an instant New York Times bestseller - you can see why he had to go. Here is Murdoch, the frail ninety-two-year-old billionaire - concerned about his legacy, but more concerned about profits. Here are his contentious children, including Lachlan, fighting each other to take over the company. As the fallout from the 2020 US election pummels the reputation of his right-wing network Fox News, the battling Murdoch heirs position themselves for the final act of this riveting drama.


"Michael Wolff's books were my foundation and port of entry for working on Succession." Jeremy Strong

"A Wolff book never fails to be delicious, as well as sweepingly insightful... he has a Murdochian instinct: when in doubt, go for the jugular." The Financial Times

"Gripping" The New European

Critics Review

  • A Wolff book never fails to be delicious, as well as sweepingly insightful, on the turmoil behind various thrones but he has a Murdochian instinct: when in doubt, go for the jugular.

    John Gapper, The Financial Times

  • An entertaining read. Wolff is interested in power and personalities, and in The Fall he offers countless lacerating portraits.

    Justin Peters, The Washington Post

  • Amusingly vicious and very well-timed… In Wolff’s telling, Murdoch is a sort of hapless Frankenstein, abominating the monster he set loose on the world but unsure how to fight him.

    Michelle Goldberg, The New York Times

  • Wolff, author of a spate of books skewering the dysfunctional Trump presidency, returns to his investigation of the Murdochs with a fast-paced, gossip-filled recounting of family drama rivalling Succession in intrigue and bitter strife and the travails and scandals that have roiled Fox News. . . . Wolff is merciless.

    Kirkus Reviews

  • Gripping

    The New European

  • If it’s true that Succession is based on the Murdoch family civil war, this astonishing exposé of life in King Rupert’s court proves that truth remains stranger than fiction

    Daily Telegraph, 50 Best Books of 2023

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