Winner of the 2021 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction One of
Barack Obama's Favorite Books of 2021 Goodreads Choice Awards 2021:
Winner, Memoir & Autobiography Empire of Pain is the story of a
dynasty: a parable of 21st century greed 'One of those authors I
will always read, no matter what the subject matter, which is why I
gobbled up Empire of Pain . . . a masterclass in compelling
narrative nonfiction.' - Elizabeth Day, The Guardian '30 Best
Summer Reads' 'If you haven't read it already, you really should.
I've been thinking about it nonstop ever since I finished it.' -
Malcolm Gladwell The gripping and shocking story of three
generations of the Sackler family and their roles in the stories of
Valium, Oxycontin and the opioid crisis. The Sackler family is one
of the richest in the world, and their name adorns the walls of
many famous institutions - Harvard; the Metropolitan Museum of Art;
Oxford; the Louvre. The source of the family fortune was vague,
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, award-winning journalist and
host of the Wind of Change podcast Patrick Radden Keefe
exhaustively documents the jaw-dropping and ferociously compelling
reality. Shortlisted for the 2021 Financial Times/McKinsey Business
Book of the Year Award ________________________ Praise for Empire
of Pain: 'More compelling, more character driven, and more
capacious than any novel I have read this year.' - Sara Collins
'It's superbly written, exhaustively researched, full of fierce
moral resolve, jaw-droppingly revealing, and above all propulsively
readable. More than a match for any novel, and I think a future
classic.' - Andrew Holgate, Literary Editor, The Sunday Times,
chair of the Baillie Gifford judges, 2022 'Jaw-dropping . . .
Beggars belief' - The Sunday Times 'You feel almost guilty for
enjoying it so much' - The Times 'A page-turner with a villainous
family to rival the Roys in Succession, and one where every chapter
ends with the perfect bombshell' - Esquire 'This is unflinching
reporting of a story that will grip and disturb you.' - Evening
Standard 'A chilling and mesmerizing read, "substantially built on
the family's own words". Which is what makes it so damning.' - The
Observer 'He [Patrick Radden Keefe] adopts a calmly astonished tone
as he tells a shocking story of callousness, cover-ups and
monumental greed.' - The Guardian, Audiobook of the week
'Magnificent' - The Guardian 'Damning' - The Daily Mail 'A tour de
force' - The Financial Times 'Superb' - The Spectator 'Excellent' -
The Economist
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