{"product_id":"empire-of-pain-baillie-gifford-prize-2021","title":"Empire of Pain","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWinner of the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2021\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eShortlisted for the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award 2021\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eShortlisted for the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction 2022\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe shocking story of three generations of the Sackler family and their roles in the stories of Valium, OxyContin and the opioid crisis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy the beginning of the twenty-first century the Sackler family had become one of the richest in America, their name adorning the walls of institutions like Harvard and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The source of the family fortune had long been vague, until it emerged that the Sacklers were responsible for making and ruthlessly marketing OxyContin – a blockbuster painkiller that was a catalyst for the opioid crisis which, to date, has killed over half a million people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this searing investigation, Patrick Radden Keefe tells the story of the Sackler family's extraordinary rise and reveals a shocking story of greed and corruption at the heart of modern America.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Patrick Radden Keefe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59282415780185,"sku":"9781529063103","price":24.5,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1069\/9056\/7769\/files\/9781529063103.jpg?v=1788368273","url":"https:\/\/thetwotrickpony.ch\/products\/empire-of-pain-baillie-gifford-prize-2021","provider":"The Two Trick Pony","version":"1.0","type":"link"}