![]() ![]() Here's Patrick Radden Keefe from when we spoke earlier this year. The Sackler family made a lot of money from Purdue Pharma's opioid sales, which has deeply complicated the family's philanthropic legacy. ![]() ![]() The book is a sweeping story of the rise and fall of an American dynasty - a family obsessed with emblazoning with its name across museums, galleries and schools, all while largely obscuring any connection between its name and the drug that killed so many people. It was one of my favorites from this whole past year. And "Empire Of Pain" by Patrick Radden Keefe fits both of these categories. It's way better than any best-of book list because it lets you sort by categories, like eye-opening read or seriously great writing. NPR is celebrating Books We Love from 2021. ![]()
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