The gripping story of three generations of the Sackler family and their roles in the histories of Valium, OxyContin, and the opioid crisis. Inspired by the Netflix series Painkiller, starring Uzo Aduba and Matthew Broderick.

Winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction, Sunday Times bestseller, 'Book of the Week' from BBC Radio 4, nominated for the Financial Times/McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award, and one of Barack Obama's favorite books of the year.

The Sackler family, known for their lavish donations to the arts and sciences, is featured in many historical institutions such as Harvard and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The source of their family wealth remained unclear until it was revealed that the Sacklers were responsible for the production and promotion of OxyContin, a popular painkiller that has been a catalyst for the opioid crisis - an international addiction epidemic that has claimed nearly half a million lives.

In this masterpiece of investigative journalism and writing, the award-winning journalist and author of Say Nothing, Patrick Radden Keefe, exhaustively documents the astonishing reality. Empire of Pain is the story of a dynasty and the greed of the 21st century.

“There are so many ‘what did they do?’ moments in this book, that your jaw almost hits the page” - Sunday Times.

“You almost feel guilty for enjoying it so much” - The Times.

Pages: 560, Publication Year: 0412, Dimensions: 13x13cm.