Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe

Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty

Patrick Radden Keefe

535 pages first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction biography business history true crime dark informative medium-paced
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR • 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...

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informative 96%
dark 54%
challenging 41%
sad 32%
reflective 27%
emotional 19%
tense 14%
mysterious 2%
inspiring 1%

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fast 7%

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