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Have you seen Anya Taylor-Joy in the THE WITCH? Perhaps you washed pan seared gnocchi down with a crisp French 75 at The Smith. Did you attend Columbia, NYU, Yale, Harvard, or Tufts? Have you been to the Egyptian room at the Metropolitan Museum of Art? What about an exhibit by a woman artist at the Brooklyn Museum? Ever been to the Tate Modern in London? What about the Dia Art Foundation? The National History Museum? Have you ever taken Senokot for constipation? Do you know a Vietnam war veteran...
Well, this was worth the hype! Though it's far from uplifting and quite a dense, long read, it is written so well, I couldn't stop reading. I read Radden Keefe's previous, "Say Nothing", which was impressive, but this one, to me, was even more compelling. He writes in a way that makes this disturbing nonfiction tale read like a shocking family saga. Fascinating, sad and educational, this is truly worthwhile! Easily one of the best books I've read this year!Find my book reviews and more at http:/...
Huge shout out to GR friends Elyse and Stacey B who wrote a fantastic reviews on “Empire of Pain”. I chose to listen to the audio, narrated by the author Patrick Radden Keefe. What’s interesting is that he was initially interested in drug cartels, and through his research on the cartels, he found the Sackler family.Keefe provides the history behind the three generations of Sacklers. It starts with the founding fathers: Raymond, Mortimer, and Arthur. The three Sacklers were physicians which is re...
Compelling story and swirling subplots around the Sackler men and women whose billions were gained on pain and abusive practices concerning opioids, as well as of some heroes who brought the Sacklers to heel. Comprehensive history of the Sackler dynasty, the descendants of Polish Ukrainian Jewish immigrants to Brooklyn, largely hidden behind their company, Purdue Pharma and its prized Oxycontin, et al. Coherent argument for the family's primary responsibility for the North American opioid crisis...
A work of investigative journalism that chronicles the misdeeds of three generations of the Sackler family, and a peek into the chicanery regularly employed by their company, Purdue Pharma, in creating and hawking Oxycontin, a highly addictive and sometimes deadly synthetic opiate. Author Keefe does an outstanding job of showing how Purdue Pharma sales reps hoodwinked physicians into believing Oxycontin was a safe alternative for patients with chronic pain and concocted an Orwellian narrative al...
