Empire of pain : the secret history of the Sackler dynasty / Patrick Radden Keefe.
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TextPublisher: Doubleday : New York, [2021]Edition: First editionDescription: xii, 535 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780385545686
- 338.7/616151Â 23
- HD9666.95.S23Â K44 2021
| Item type | Current library | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | Independence Community College Library Adult Non-Fiction | Independence Community College Library | Adult Books | 338.7616 KEE 2021 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 32130627414227 | ||
| Book | Independence Public Library Adult Non-Fiction | Independence Public Library | Adult Books | BIOG KEEF (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 36123001642683 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"The Sackler name adorns the walls of many storied institutions: Harvard, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Oxford, the Louvre. They are one of the richest families in the world, known for their lavish donations to the arts and sciences. The source of the family fortune was vague, however, until it emerged that the Sacklers were responsible for making and marketing OxyContin, a blockbuster painkiller that was a catalyst for the opioid crisis"--
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