Bibliograph

Empire of pain, [a Gab bag for book discussion groups], Patrick Radden Keefe

Type

Label

Empire of pain, [a Gab bag for book discussion groups], Patrick Radden Keefe

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [446]-515) and index

resource.biographical

collective biography

Illustrations

genealogical tablesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Empire of pain

Medium

kit

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1243902032

Responsibility statement

Patrick Radden Keefe

Sub title

[a Gab bag for book discussion groups]

Summary

Presents a portrait of three generations of the Sackler family, who built their fortune on the sale of Valium and later sponsored the creation and marketing of one of the most commonly prescribed and addictive painkillers of the opioid crisis

Table Of Contents

Prologue: The taproot -- Patriarch. A good name ; The asylum ; Med man ; Penicillin for the blues ; China fever ; The octopus ; The Dendur derby ; Estrangement ; Ghost marks ; To thwart the inevitability of death -- Dynasty. Apollo ; Heir apparent ; Matter of Sackler ; The ticking clock ; God of dreams ; H-bomb ; Sell, sell, sell ; Ann Hedonia ; The Pablo Escobar of the new millennium ; Take the fall -- Legacy. Turks ; Tamperproof ; Ambassadors ; It's a hard truth, ain't it ; Temple of greed ; Warpath ; Named defendants ; The phoenix ; Un-naming -- Afterword

Target audience

adult

resource.variantTitle

Secret history of the Sackler dynastyGab bags

Classification