Empire of Pain is the story of a dynasty: a parable of twenty-first-century greed. In this masterpiece of narrative reporting and writing, Patrick Radden Keefe exhaustively documents the jaw-dropping and ferociously compelling reality. The source of the family fortune was vague, however, until it emerged that the Sacklers were responsible for making and marketing Oxycontin, a blockbuster painkiller that was a catalyst for the opioid crisis an international epidemic of drug addiction which has killed nearly half a million people.

They are one of the richest families in the world, known for their lavish donations in the arts and the sciences. 29, 2021 Award-winning New Yorker writer Patrick Radden Keefe has gained acclaim for his fearless investigations into hidden histories, violent clashes and dark. The Sackler name adorns the walls of many storied institutions Harvard the Metropolitan Museum of Art Oxford the Louvre. The highly anticipated portrait of three generations of the Sackler family, by the prize-winning, bestselling author of Say Nothing. Winner of the 2021 Goodreads Choice Award for History & Biography.

Winner of the 2021 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction. Empire of Pain (Patrick Radden Keefe) April 6, 2023by archyde In this highly documented river investigation that it is urgent to read, the American journalist Patrick Radden Keefetells the story of the wealthy Sackler familyat the origin of one of the greatest healthscandals of all time: that ofOx圜ontin painkiller. Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty Patrick Radden Keefe € 26.99 If not in stock, the expected delivery time to our store for this item will be 3-5 working days.

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