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Empire of pain : the secret history of the Sackler dynasty Cover Image Large Print Book Large Print Book
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Empire of pain : the secret history of the Sackler dynasty / Patrick Radden Keefe.

Keefe, Patrick Radden, 1976- (author.).

Summary:
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. The source of the family fortune was vague, however, until it emerged that the Sacklers were responsible for making and marketing a blockbuster painkiller that was the catalyst for the opioid crisis. -- jacket.

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  • ISBN: 9780593416280
  • Physical Description: 974 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First large print edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Random House Large Print, [2021]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [757]-926) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Prologue: The taproot -- Patriarch. A good name -- The asylum -- Med man -- Penicillin for the blues -- China fever -- The octopus -- The Dendur derby -- Estrangement -- Ghost marks -- To thwart the inevitability of death -- Dynasty. Apollo -- Heir apparent -- Matter of Sackler -- The ticking clock -- God of dreams -- H-bomb -- Sell, sell, sell -- Ann Hedonia -- The Pablo Escobar of the new millennium -- Take the fall -- Legacy. Turks -- Tamperproof -- Ambassadors -- It's a hard truth, ain't it -- Temple of greed -- Warpath -- Named defendants -- The phoenix -- Un-naming -- Afterword.

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Genre: Family histories.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Altoona Area Public Library LP 338.7616 KEE (Text) 33240004926195 Adult Large Print Nonfiction Available -
Milford Library LP 920 SAC (Text) 30352101314036 Large Print Available -

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