{"product_id":"empire-of-pain-9781529063103","title":"Empire of Pain : The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty","description":"\u003cp\u003eWaterstones Non-Fiction Book of the Month for March 2022\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2021\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShortlisted for the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award 2021\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShortlisted for The British Book Awards 2022 Non-Fiction Narrative Book of the Year\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShortlisted for the CWA ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction 2022\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Winner of Winners Award\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe gripping and shocking story of three generations of the Sackler family and their roles in the stories of Valium and Oxycontin, by the prize-winning, bestselling author of Say Nothing .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Sackler name adorns 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, known for their lavish donations in the arts and the sciences. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this masterpiece of narrative reporting and writing, Patrick Radden Keefe exhaustively documents the jaw-dropping and ferociously compelling reality. Empire of Pain is the story of a dynasty: a parable of 21st century greed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Patrick Radden Keefe\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eUSA, Biography: business \u0026amp; industry, Biography: science, technology \u0026amp; medicine, True crime, True stories of heroism, endurance \u0026amp; survival, Reportage \u0026amp; collected journalism, Drug \u0026amp; substance abuse: social aspects, Business ethics \u0026amp; social responsibility, Pharmaceutical industries\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 3 Mar 2022 by Pan Macmillan.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Patrick Radden Keefe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57319588725114,"sku":"9781529063103","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0373\/4125\/files\/9781529063103.jpg?v=1790631725","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.co.uk\/pl\/products\/empire-of-pain-9781529063103","provider":"Belfast Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}