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Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty

by Patrick Radden Keefe

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A grand, devastating portrait of three generations of the Sackler family, famed for their philanthropy, whose fortune was built by Valium and whose reputation was destroyed by OxyContin. From the prize-winning and bestselling author of Say Nothing, as featured in the HBO documentary Crime of the Century. The Sackler name adorns the walls of many storied inst

Publisher: Doubleday
Publication date: Apr 13, 2021
Format: Print edition
Pages: 560
ISBN: 9780385545686

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Business & Economics: Industries – Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology History: United States – 21st Century Medical: Public Health

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