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Das große, verstörende Porträt der Sackler-Familie, die sich als Philantropen feiern lassen, deren Vermögen durch Valium entstand und die mit der Erfindung des Medikaments OxyContin die Opioidkrise in den USA auslöste. Und Millionen Menschen weltweit in die Abhängigkeit stürzte. Der preisgekrönte Autor Patrick Radden Keefe zeichnet das Sittengemälde einer Industriellenfamilie, die die Welt prägt.

Longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize A riveting blend of true crime, social history, and investigative journalism written and read by one of the most decorated non-fiction authors working today, Patrick Radden Keefe. From the Baillie Gifford Prize-winning and Sunday Times bestselling author...

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER A NEW YORK TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE 21ST CENTURY Now an FX TV series streaming on DISNEY+ 'Unquestionably one of the greatest literary achievements of the 21st century' Nick Hornby From the author of London Falling – a stunning, intricate narrative about a notorious...

London, 2019: Als der 19-jährige Zac Brettler vom Balkon eines Luxushochhauses in den Tod stürzt, kommt eine dunkle Wahrheit ans Licht – er hatte sich als Sohn eines russischen Oligarchen ausgegeben und immer tiefer in die kriminellen Machenschaften zwielichtiger Superreicher verstrickt. Die...

In this thrilling panorama of real-life events, the bestselling author of London Falling investigates a secret world run by a surprising criminal: a charismatic middle-aged grandmother, who from a tiny noodle shop in New York’s Chinatown managed a multi-million dollar business smuggling people...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the bestselling, prizewinning author of Say Nothing and Empire of Pain, a spellbinding account of a family devastated by the sudden death of their nineteen-year-old son, only to discover that he had created a secret life which drew him into the dangerous...

Eines Nachts im Dezember 1972 wird Jean McConville aus ihrem Haus in Belfast entführt. Sie wird nie wieder lebend gesehen. Ausgehend von diesem Moment entfaltet Patrick Radden Keefe eine gewaltige Erzählung über die blutige Vergangenheit des Nordirlandkonflikts. Sage nichts verwebt die...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the award-winning author of Empire of Pain and Say Nothing—and one of the most decorated journalists of our time—twelve enthralling true stories of skulduggery and intrigue "An excellent collection of Keefe's detective work, and a fine introduction to his...

**Patrick Radden Keefe's new instant No.1 bestseller, London Falling, is on sale now** The shocking story of three generations of the Sackler family and their roles in the stories of Valium, OxyContin and the opioid crisis. The inspiration behind the Netflix series Painkiller, starring Uzo Aduba...

NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE NOMINEE A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER A grand, devastating portrait of three generations of the Sackler family, famed for their philanthropy, whose fortune was built by Valium and whose reputation was destroyed by...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NOW AN FX LIMITED SERIES STREAMING ON HULU NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER From the author of London Falling—a stunning, intricate narrative about a notorious killing in Northern Ireland and its devastating repercussions. One of The New York...

**Patrick Radden Keefe's new book, London Falling, is on sale now** LONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 CWA GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION ‘Reads like a mashup of The Godfather and Chinatown, complete with gun battles, a ruthless kingpin and a mountain of cash. Except that it’s all true’ – Time In this...

Nas primeiras horas do dia 29 de novembro de 2019 uma câmera de vigilância da sede do MI6, o serviço de inteligência britânico, detecta movimento no quinto andar de um prédio de luxo na outra margem do rio Tâmisa. Às 2h23, Zac Brettler, de 19 anos, aparece na varanda do apartamento 504 e, após andar de uma extremidade à outra e olhar lá para baixo, se joga. Em meio ao luto, os pais do jovem fazem uma descoberta intrigante: durante meses Zac fingiu ser filho de um oligarca russo e herdeiro de uma fortuna bilionária.

The New York Times Bestseller From the prize-winning, bestselling author of Say Nothing (soon to be streaming on Disney+) and Empire of Pain, twelve enthralling stories of skulduggery and intrigue by one of the most decorated journalists of our time. 'Eminently bingeable, religiously...

El retrato demoledor de una dinastía cuya fortuna se construyó gracias a Valium y cuya reputación fue destruida por OxyContin.

How does our government eavesdrop? Whom do they eavesdrop on? And is the interception of communication an effective means of predicting and preventing future attacks? These are some of the questions at the heart of Patrick Radden Keefe’s brilliant new book, Chatter. In the late 1990s, when...

The New York Times Bestseller From the prize-winning, bestselling author of Say Nothing and Empire of Pain, twelve enthralling stories of skulduggery and intrigue by one of the most decorated journalists of our time. 'Eminently bingeable, religiously fact-checked and seductively globetrotting' -...

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 CWA GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION ‘Reads like a mashup of The Godfather and Chinatown, complete with gun battles, a ruthless kingpin and a mountain of cash. Except that it’s all true.’ – Time In this thrilling story of real-life events, the bestselling author of...

The gripping and shocking story of three generations of the Sackler family and their roles in the stories of Valium, OxyContin and the opioid crisis. The inspiration behind the Netflix series Painkiller, starring Uzo Aduba and Matthew Broderick. Read by the author, Patrick Radden Keefe. Winner...

'From the Baillie Gifford Prize-winning and Sunday Times bestselling author of Empire of Pain and Say Nothing comes a stunning story of wealth, violence and deceit at the heart of a glittering city. 'A new book by Keefe means drop everything and close the blinds; you'll be turning pages for...