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Winner of the 2021 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction A Barack Obama 2021 Summer reading list choice
Empire of Pain is the story of a dynasty: a parable of 21st century greed.
'Magnificent... A masterpiece of storytelling' Craig Brown, Mail on Sunday 'Books of the Year'
‘Put simply, this book will make your blood boil . . . ‘ - John Carreyrou, author of Bad Blood
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
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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, Sunday Times, chair of the Baillie Gifford judges, 2022
'Jaw-dropping . . . Beggars belief' – 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.’ – Observer
‘Magnificent’ – Guardian ‘Damning’ – Daily Mail ‘A tour de force’ – Financial Times ‘Superb’ – Spectator ‘Excellent’ – Economist
© 2021 Picador (Lydbok): 9781529063097
Utgivelsesdato
Lydbok: 13. april 2021
4.6
Økonomi og ledelse
Winner of the 2021 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction A Barack Obama 2021 Summer reading list choice
Empire of Pain is the story of a dynasty: a parable of 21st century greed.
'Magnificent... A masterpiece of storytelling' Craig Brown, Mail on Sunday 'Books of the Year'
‘Put simply, this book will make your blood boil . . . ‘ - John Carreyrou, author of Bad Blood
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
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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, Sunday Times, chair of the Baillie Gifford judges, 2022
'Jaw-dropping . . . Beggars belief' – 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.’ – Observer
‘Magnificent’ – Guardian ‘Damning’ – Daily Mail ‘A tour de force’ – Financial Times ‘Superb’ – Spectator ‘Excellent’ – Economist
© 2021 Picador (Lydbok): 9781529063097
Utgivelsesdato
Lydbok: 13. april 2021
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Anna
10. jan. 2022
Fantastisk bra bok. Handler om veldig mye mer enn the Sacklers.
Ingvild Svorkmo
3. aug. 2022
This is an important book about the opioid scandal and the pharmaceutic industry. Also about the richest people in the world and how they become rich. It is very intertaining though it is a documentary.
Lisa
13. sep. 2022
Denne boken anbefales på det sterkeste! Fascinerende å høre hvordan en gruppe menneskers valg påvirker i generasjoner.
Silje
20. feb. 2024
Viktig bok!
Cedric
30. mars 2022
Fantastisk godt fortalt og ikke minst en skremmende historie om en familie som ikke har moralske skrupler. Sackler familien har ett stort ansvar for opioid pandemien. Dette er en bok om grådighet, korrupsjon, makt og penger. Og manglende ansvar. Anbefales!
Roger
8. sep. 2022
Fascinerende hva du slipper unna med når du er rik
Johanna
27. aug. 2024
Inportant
Aase Kristin
5. mars 2023
Infotainment at its best. Outstanding!
Anna
11. aug. 2022
En fantastisk god dokumentar om grådighet. En interessant bok som anbefales på det sterkeste 👍
Inga
12. des. 2021
For en bok og for en fantastisk jobb av forfatteren/journalist! Det var lang historie, detaljert og godt beskrevet familie portrett og deres farmasiselskapet. Sterkt anbefales!
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