EmpireofPain

Empire of Pain is a riveting account of the Sackler family, a philanthropic dynasty whose wealth was built on Valium and was later destroyed by OxyContin. The Sackler name is ubiquitous in prestigious institutions around the world, yet little was known about the source of their fortune until it was revealed that they were responsible for the opioid crisis. The book begins by chronicling the lives of three doctor brothers during the Great Depression, who went on to build a vast empire in pharmaceuticals, art collecting, and lavish residences. Arthur Sackler, in particular, was a marketing genius who devised the marketing for Valium and bought a small ad firm. His template was later employed to launch OxyContin, which became one of the most profitable drugs in history but also led to a public health crisis in which hundreds of thousands died. The book chronicles the multiple investigations of the Sacklers and their company and the scorched-earth legal tactics they have used to evade accountability. Empire of Pain is a gripping portrait of the excesses of America’s second Gilded Age, a study of impunity among the superelite, and a relentless investigation of the naked greed and indifference to human suffering that built one of the world’s great fortunes.

作者简介

PatrickRaddenKeefeisastaffwriteratTheNewYorkerandtheauthor,mostrecently,oftheNewYorkTimesbestsellerSayNothing:ATrueStoryofMurderandMemoryinNorthernIreland,whichreceivedtheNationalBookCriticsCircleAwardforNonfiction,wasselectedasoneofthetenbestbooksof2019byTheNewYorkTimesBookReview,TheWashingtonPost,theChicagoTr...