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Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty

by Patrick Radden Keefe
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty

Exposing a dynasty's role in the opioid crisis.

"Empire of Pain" might resonate with you if you're keen on understanding how deeply personal ambitions and corporate ethics intertwine, displaying the human costs of unbridled capitalism. Patrick Radden Keefe's meticulous research and storytelling bring to light the Sackler family saga, tying it to the devastating opioid epidemic. It's a thought-provoking read that will likely alter your perception of philanthropy and power.

  • British Book Award Nominee for Non-Fiction: Narrative (2022)
  • PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction Nominee for Longlist (2022)
  • Financial Times Business Book of the Year Nominee for Shortlist (2021)
  • National Book Critics Circle Award Nominee for Nonfiction (2021)
  • Andrew Carnegie Medal Nominee for Nonfiction (2022)
  • Goodreads Choice Award for History & Biography (2021)
  • The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction (2021)
  • ALCS Dagger for Non-fiction Nominee (2022)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty

by Patrick Radden Keefe
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ISBN: 9781984899019
Authors: Patrick Radden Keefe
Publisher: Vintage
Date of Publication: 2022-10-18
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Business, Biographies & Memoirs, Science, History, Politics
Related Topics: American History, History, Politics, Biography
Goodreads rating: 4.54
(rated by 132363 readers)

Description

A grand, devastating portrait of three generations of the Sackler family, famed for their philanthropy, whose fortune was built by Valium and whose reputation was destroyed by OxyContin. From the prize-winning and bestselling author of Say Nothing. The history of the Sackler dynasty is rife with drama—baroque personal lives; bitter disputes over estates; fistfights in boardrooms; glittering art collections; Machiavellian courtroom maneuvers; and the calculated use of money to burnish reputations and crush the less powerful. The Sackler name has adorned 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, but the source of the family fortune was vague—until it emerged that the Sacklers were responsible for making and marketing a blockbuster painkiller that was the catalyst for the opioid crisis. Empire of Pain is the saga of three generations of a single family and the mark they would leave on the world, a tale that moves from the bustling streets of early twentieth-century Brooklyn to the seaside palaces of Greenwich, Connecticut, and Cap d’Antibes to the corridors of power in Washington, D.C. It follows the family’s early success with Valium to the much more potent OxyContin, marketed with a ruthless technique of co-opting doctors, influencing the FDA, downplaying the
 

Exposing a dynasty's role in the opioid crisis.

"Empire of Pain" might resonate with you if you're keen on understanding how deeply personal ambitions and corporate ethics intertwine, displaying the human costs of unbridled capitalism. Patrick Radden Keefe's meticulous research and storytelling bring to light the Sackler family saga, tying it to the devastating opioid epidemic. It's a thought-provoking read that will likely alter your perception of philanthropy and power.

  • British Book Award Nominee for Non-Fiction: Narrative (2022)
  • PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction Nominee for Longlist (2022)
  • Financial Times Business Book of the Year Nominee for Shortlist (2021)
  • National Book Critics Circle Award Nominee for Nonfiction (2021)
  • Andrew Carnegie Medal Nominee for Nonfiction (2022)
  • Goodreads Choice Award for History & Biography (2021)
  • The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction (2021)
  • ALCS Dagger for Non-fiction Nominee (2022)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.