{"product_id":"my-friend-anna","title":"My Friend Anna","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e*THE \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e*ONE OF \u003ci\u003eTIME\u003c\/i\u003e MAGAZINE''S MUST-READ BOOKS OF 2019*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e*WITH NEW \u0026amp; EXCLUSIVE AFTERWORD*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Addictive ... a jaw-dropping read'' \u003ci\u003eSTYLIST\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Explosive ... Definitely one for the beach'' \u003ci\u003eELLE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Paints a fascinating picture of an eccentric egomaniac who rails against all authority ... gripping stuff'' \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e___________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow does it feel to be betrayed by your closest friend? A close friend who turns out to be the most prolific grifter in New York City...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the true story of \u003cb\u003eAnna Delvey \u003c\/b\u003e(real name Anna Sorokin), the fake heiress whose dizzying deceit and elaborate con-artistry deceived the Soho hipster scene before her ruse was finally and dramatically exposed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter meeting through mutual friends, the ''Russian heiress'' Anna Delvey and Rachel DeLoache Williams soon became inseparable. Theirs was an intoxicating world of endless excess: high dining, personal trainer sessions, a luxury holiday ... and Anna footed almost every bill.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut after Anna''s debit card was declined in a Moroccan medina whilst on holiday in a five-star luxury resort, Rachel began to suspect that her increasingly mysterious friend was not all she seemed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the incredible story of how Anna Sorokin conned the high-rollers of the NYC social scene and convinced her close friend of an entirely concocted fantasy, the product of falsified bank documents, bad cheques and carefully edited online photos.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten by Rachel DeLoache Williams, the \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e photography editor who believed Anna''s lies before helping the police to track her down (fittingly, deciphering Anna''s location using Instagram), this is \u003ci\u003eCatch Me If You Can\u003c\/i\u003e with Instagram filters. Between Anna, Fyre Festival''s Billy McFarland (Anna even tried to scam Billy) and Elizabeth Holmes, whose start-up app duped the high and mighty of Silicon Valley, this is the year of the scammer.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57316424286590,"sku":"NW9781787478305","price":10.77,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781787478305.jpg?v=1778250562","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/my-friend-anna","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}