SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD 'WINNER OF WINNERS' AWARD ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVOURITE BOOKS OF 2021 SHORTLISTED FOR THE FT & MCKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2021 WINNER OF THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2021 Empire of Pain is the story of a dynasty: a parable of 21st 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. 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. 'This is no dense medical tome, but a page-turner with a villainous family to rival the Roys in Succession, and one where every chapter ends with the perfect bombshell.' Esquire The inspiration behind the Netflix TV series Painkillers, starring Uzo Aduba and Matthew Broderick.
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