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Empire of Pain 2021

Book · 560 pages · April 13, 2021

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Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty is a 2021 book written by Patrick Radden Keefe. The book tells the story of the Sackler family, covering the establishment of Purdue Pharma and their involvement in pharmaceutical marketing. It highlights the family's key role in the opioid crisis. The book was preceded by Keefe's 2017 article published in The New Yorker, which bore the title "The Family That Built an Empire of Pain".

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Publisher
Doubleday Productions
ISBN
9780385545686
Pages
560

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