Empire Of Pain - The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty (Paperback)

The gripping and shocking story of three generations of the Sackler family and their roles in the stories of Valium and Oxycontin, by the prize-winning, bestselling author of Say Nothing.

The Sackler name adorns the walls of many storied institutions – Harvard; the Metropolitan Museum of Art; Oxford; the Louvre. They are one of the richest families in the world, known for their lavish donations in the arts and the sciences. 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.

In this masterpiece of narrative reporting and writing, Patrick Radden Keefe exhaustively documents the jaw-dropping and ferociously compelling reality. Empire of Pain is the story of a dynasty: a parable of 21st century greed.

General

Imprint:	Picador
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 2021
Authors:	Patrick Radden Keefe
Dimensions:	236 x 155 x 58mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	560
ISBN-13:	978-1-5290-6307-3
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > General Books > Medicine > Clinical & internal medicine > General Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Manufacturing industries > Pharmaceutical industries Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Illness & addiction: social aspects > Drug addiction & substance abuse
LSN:	1-5290-6307-8
Barcode:	9781529063073

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