4.6
Talous & liike-elämä
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 (Äänikirja): 9781529063097
Julkaisupäivä
Äänikirja: 13. huhtikuuta 2021
4.6
Talous & liike-elämä
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
________________________
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 (Äänikirja): 9781529063097
Julkaisupäivä
Äänikirja: 13. huhtikuuta 2021
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Anssi
5. helmik. 2022
Joe luet tänä vuonna yhden non-fiktion, lue tämä.
Y
30. toukok. 2021
Hyytävä kuvaus USAn opiaattikriisistä. Big pharma ei istuta salaa mielenhallintaa ja viisigeetä ihmisiin. Big pharma on ahneuden ruumillistuma, machiavellilaista bisnestä, jossa voitot ja omaneduntavoittelu menee kaiken muun edelle. Perheen opiaattiraha on tunkeutunut lähes jokaiselle elämänalueelle ja meistä jokainen on todennäköisesti täällä Suomessakin törmännyt niillä rahoitettuihin asioihin (elokuvat, muoti yms). Vuoden toiseksi paras tietokirja, heti Pahat Mielessä-teoksen jälkeen.
Antti
3. helmik. 2022
Amazing book. Very compelling storytelling and shocking revelelations.
Miika
10. huhtik. 2022
Teksti on hyvin mukaansa tempaavaa ja kieli kirjavaa. Kirjailijan toimiessa lukijana hän eläytyy tekstiin varsin hienosti. Sisältö on karua kuunneltavaa, mutta varsin tärkeä osa Yhdysvaltain lääketieteen historiaa.
Mia
17. heinäk. 2023
A remarkable book, I wish I could give more than 5 stars.
Minna
2. elok. 2023
Kattava sukellus Sackler-dynastian rooliin Amerikan opioidikriisissä. Sibelius-ryppy syveni puoli senttiä tätä lukiessa, niin uskomatonta oli Sacklereiden ahneus ja vastuunvälttely loppuun saakka.
Bettina
13. kesäk. 2022
The amount of work that has gone into this book is commendable. It's packed with information without ever getting trudgy, shedding light on not just the Sacklers and the opioid crisis, but many parts of the (ridiculous) American health care system and the marketing of prescription drugs.
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