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A review by horizonous
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe
informative
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicide, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting
Minor: Animal cruelty, Sexism, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, and Sexual harassment
◦ Mental illness = addiction, descriptions of asylums in the early 20th century and treatments like electroshock therapy and lobotomy