Patrick Radden Keefe, Empire of Pain

PATRICK RADDEN KEEFE

Empire of Pain

Patrick Radden Keefe, staff writer for the New Yorker and author of the acclaimed Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland, now turns his investigative eye to chronicling the rise of the Sackler family as owners of Purdue Pharma and creators of Valium and OxyContin. An account of three generations, Keefe leaves no stone unturned as he details the accumulation of the family fortune, the marketing and manufacturing methods they implemented that created one of the greatest public health crises in American history, and the ensuing legal battles as the family leveraged their fortune to escape accountability.

Sponsored by Berger Memorial Chapel,
The Harold & Ethel Horowitz Family Charitable Foundation,
St. Louis County Library

 

PAC

7 pm

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