Empire of Pain

The story of the Sackler dynasty, their company Purdue Pharma, its bestselling drug OxyContin, their immensely generous philanthropy and their involvement in the opioid crisis that has created millions of addicts, even as it generated billions of dollars in profit. In this masterpiece of narrative reporting, Keefe exhaustively documents the jaw-dropping and ferociously compelling reality. Winner of the 2021 Baillie Gifford Prize and the Financial Times/McKinsey Business Book of the Year.