Patrick Radden Keefe

From the prize-winning, New York Times 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.

From award-winning, bestselling author Patrick Radden Keefe, a collection of his phenomenal essays published in the New Yorker, ranging from forgery to reality TV.

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 illuminating writing." --NPR "Fast-paced... Keefe is a virtuoso storyteller." --The Washington Post Patrick Radden Keefe has garnered prizes ranging from the National Magazine Award to the Orwell Prize to the National Book Critics Circle Award for his meticulously-reported, hypnotically-engaging work on the many ways people behave badly. Rogues brings together a dozen of his most celebrated articles from The New Yorker. As Keefe says in his preface "They reflect on some of my abiding preoccupations: crime and corruption, secrets and lies, the permeable membrane separating licit and illicit worlds, the bonds of family, the power of denial." Keefe brilliantly explores the intricacies of forging $150,000 vintage wines, examines whether a whistleblower who dared to expose money laundering at a Swiss bank is a hero or a fabulist, spends time in Vietnam with Anthony Bourdain, chronicles the quest to bring down a cheerful international black market arms merchant, and profiles a passionate death penalty attorney who represents the "worst of the worst," among other bravura works of literary journalism. The appearance of his byline in The New Yorker is always an event, and collected here for the first time readers can see his work forms an always enthralling but deeply human portrait of criminals and rascals, as well as those who stand up against them.

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 illuminating writing." --NPR "Fast-paced... Keefe is a virtuoso storyteller." --The Washington Post Patrick Radden Keefe has garnered prizes ranging from the National Magazine Award to the Orwell Prize to the National Book Critics Circle Award for his meticulously-reported, hypnotically-engaging work on the many ways people behave badly. Rogues brings together a dozen of his most celebrated articles from The New Yorker. As Keefe says in his preface "They reflect on some of my abiding preoccupations: crime and corruption, secrets and lies, the permeable membrane separating licit and illicit worlds, the bonds of family, the power of denial." Keefe brilliantly explores the intricacies of forging $150,000 vintage wines, examines whether a whistleblower who dared to expose money laundering at a Swiss bank is a hero or a fabulist, spends time in Vietnam with Anthony Bourdain, chronicles the quest to bring down a cheerful international black market arms merchant, and profiles a passionate death penalty attorney who represents the "worst of the worst," among other bravura works of literary journalism. The appearance of his byline in The New Yorker is always an event, and collected here for the first time readers can see his work forms an always enthralling but deeply human portrait of criminals and rascals, as well as those who stand up against them.

Älä sano mitään on Patrick Radden Keefen kirjoittama tositarina vuonna 1972 Pohjois-Irlannissa sattuneesta rikostapauksesta, joka jäi selvittämättömäksi mysteeriksi. Kirja kertoo myös The Troubles -konfliktista, ja se vie meidät suoraan IRA:n keskiöön. Joulukuussa 1972 naamioitunut joukko sieppaa 38-vuotiaan lesken Jean McConvillen kotoaan Belfastissa. McConvillen lapset ovat paikalla. Heitä on kymmenen, eivätkä he näe äitiään enää koskaan. Mysteeri jää selvittämättä, ja siitä tulee yksi puhutuimmista Pohjois-Irlannin rikostapauksista - osa tulenarkaa konfliktia, joka tunnetaan englanniksi nimellä The Troubles. Älä sano mitään on henkeäsalpaavan jännittävä selonteko konfliktin osapuolista ja avainhenkilöistä. Se on myös murhamysteeri, joka johtaa suoraan IRA:n sydämeen. Kirjaa on ylistetty uraauurtavaksi true crime -tarinaksi sekä mestarilliseksi kuvaukseksi konfliktista, jonka jälkivaikutukset tuntuvat yhä Euroopassa.

"Lysande om hur girighet, grupptänkande och människors önskan att bli smärtfria skapade en hälsokatastrof av bibliska proportioner." - Anders Hansen"Patrick Radden Keefe slog igenom med "Sa¨g inget", om konflikten pa° Nordirland. Nu a¨r han tillbaka med en knivskarp skildring av de yttersta konsekvenserna av ha¨nsynslo¨s kapitalism och korruption." Malin Persson GiolitoLänge prydde namnet Sackler väggarna på världens mest prestigefyllda universitet och museum. Tack vare sina stora donationer förknippades den stenrika dynastin med ärevördiga institutioner som Harvard, Oxford och Louvren. Vad som skapat förmögenheten var inte lika känt. Men när det stod klart att familjens företag Purdue Pharma låg bakom det smärtstillande läkemedlet Oxycontin hamnade namnet Sackler i mediernas fokus. Sedan 1999 har mer än en halv miljon människor dött i den så kallade opioidkrisen – vilket ansvar bar de som hade producerat och berikat sig på det preparat som drivit på epidemin? I den hyllade Smärtans imperium berättar Patrick Radden Keefe historien om Sacklerdynastin och dess väg till framgång via en rad våghalsiga satsningar inom läkemedelsindustrin. Med skamlös marknadsföring och cyniska säljmetoder spreds Oxycontin över hela USA, och släkten Sackler blev en av världens mest förmögna. Men priset – lidande, beroende och död – betalades av de utsatta människor som litade på deras produkter. Patrick Radden Keefe, som slog igenom med Nordirlandboken Säg inget, har med Smärtans imperium skapat ett journalistiskt storverk. Det är en omskakande berättelse om sjuka affärer och en familjs omättliga girighet.

The story of the Sackler dynasty, their company Purdue Pharma, its bestselling drug OxyContin, their immensely generous philanthropy and their involvement in the opioid crisis that has created millions of addicts, even as it generated billions of dollars in profit.

Hva husker vi om konflikten i Nord-Irland? IRA og de britiske myndighetene kjempet i en borgerkrig som varte i over tre tiår. Konflikten gikk under navnet The Troubles. I desember 1972 ble tibarnsmoren Jean McConville bortført fra hjemmet sitt i Belfast, for aldri mer å bli sett i live. Forsvinningen hennes hjemsøker barna, gjerningsmennene og et helt samfunn i Nord-Irland i flere tiår. I denne grundig oppbygde boken skriver ikke Patrick Radden Keefe bare om en brutal forbrytelse, han skriver også et levende portrett av en verden der hendelser som dette dessverre var ganske vanlige. Tragedien til et helt land fanges opp i en fengslende fortelling fortalt gjennom livet til noen få personer. Si ingen ting vever historiene til Jean McConville og hennes familie sammen med Dolours Price sitt liv, den første kvinnen som ble med i IRA som soldat, som bombet puben Old Bailey mens hun knapt var ute av tenårene. Gerry Adams, som bidro til å få slutt på kampene, men benektet sin egen IRA-fortid, har også en fremtredende rolle i boken. Ved å beskrive konflikten og vanlige menneskers mange tragedier er Si ingen ting en ekstremt fengslende og sterk fortelling om hvor langt folk er villige til å følge sin politiske overbevisning, og hvordan bygge opp igjen et samfunn i kjølvannet av en lang og blodig konflikt. Dette er sakprosa på høyeste internasjonale nivå.

Ganador del Goodreads Choice Awards 2021 de Historia y Biograf as Seleccionado como uno de los mejores libros de no-ficci n del 2021 por Publishers Weekly Finalista del 2021 National Book Critics Circle 2021 La historia que inspir el documental de HBO Crime of the Century Tras No digas nada, llega lo nuevo de Patrick Radden Keefe. El retrato demoledor de una dinast a cuya fortuna se construy gracias a Valium y cuya reputaci n fue destruida por OxyContin. El apellido Sackler adorna los muros de las instituciones m s distinguidas: Harvard, el Metropolitan, Oxford, el Louvre... Es una de las familias m s ricas del mundo, benefactora de las artes y las ciencias. El origen de su patrimonio siempre fue dudoso, hasta que sali a la luz que lo hab an multiplicado gracias a OxyContin, un potente analg sico que cataliz la crisis de los opioides en Estados Unidos. El imperio del dolor empieza en la Gran Depresi n, con la historia de tres hermanos dedicados a la medicina: Raymond, Mortimer y el infatigable Arthur Sackler, dotado de una visi n especial para la publicidad y el marketing. A os despu s, contribuy a la primera fortuna familiar ideando la estrategia comercial de Valium, un revolucionario tranquilizante, para una gran farmac utica. Tras unas d cadas fue Richard Sackler, el hijo de Raymond, quien pas a dirigir los negocios del clan, incluida Purdue Pharma, su propia empresa fabricante de medicamentos. Bas ndose en las t cticas agresivas de su t o Arthur para vender el Valium, lanz un f rmaco que hab a de ser definitivo: OxyContin. Con l ganaron miles de millones de d lares, pero terminar a por arruinar su reputaci n. Desde 2017, Patrick Radden Keefe ha investigado los secretos de la dinast a Sackler: las complicadas relaciones familiares, los flujos de dinero, sus dudosas pr cticas corporativas... El resultado es una bomba period stica que relata el auge y declive de una de las grandes familias americanas y su oscuro emporio de la salud. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Finalist of the 2021 National Book Critics Circle Winner of the Goodreads Choice Awards 2021 on History & Biography Publishers Weekly Best Book 2021 NonfictionINSTANT 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 OxyContin. From the prize-winning and best-selling author of Say Nothing, as featured in the HBO documentary Crime of the Century. 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 the sciences. 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. Empire of Pain begins with the story of three doctor brothers, Raymond, Mortimer and the incalculably energetic Arthur, who weathered the poverty of the Great Depression and appalling anti-Semitism. Working at a barbaric mental institution, Arthur saw a better way and conducted groundbreaking research into drug treatments. He also had a genius for marketing, especially for pharmaceuticals, and bought a small ad firm. Arthur devised the marketing for Valium and built the first great Sackler fortune. He purchased a drug manufacturer, Purdue Frederick, which would be run by Raymond and Mortimer. The brothers began collecting art, and wives, and grand residences in exotic locales. Their children and grandchildren grew up in luxury. Forty years later, Raymond's son Richard ran the family-owned Purdue. The template Arthur Sackler created to sell Valium - co-opting doctors, influencing the FDA, downplaying the drug's addictiveness - was employed to launch a far more potent product: OxyContin. The drug went on to generate some 35 billion dollars in revenue, and to launch a public health crisis in which hundreds of thousands would die. This is the saga of three generations of a single family and the mark they would leave on the world, a tale that moves from the bustling streets of early 20th-century Brooklyn to the seaside palaces of Greenwich, Connecticut, and Cap d'Antibes to the corridors of power in Washington, D. C. Empire of Pain chronicles the multiple investigations of the Sacklers and their company, and the scorched-earth legal tactics that the family has used to evade accountability. The history of the Sackler dynasty is rife with drama - baroque personal lives; bitter disputes over estates; fistfights in boardrooms; glittering art collections; Machiavellian courtroom maneuvers; and the calculated use of money to burnish reputations and crush the less powerful. Empire of Pain is a masterpiece of narrative reporting and writing, exhaustively documented and ferociously compelling. It is a portrait of the excesses of America's second Gilded Age, a study of impunity among the super elite and a relentless investigation of the naked greed and indifference to human suffering that built one of the world's great fortunes.

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 OxyContin. From the prize-winning and bestselling author of Say Nothing The history of the Sackler dynasty is rife with drama--baroque personal lives; bitter disputes over estates; fistfights in boardrooms; glittering art collections; Machiavellian courtroom maneuvers; and the calculated use of money to burnish reputations and crush the less powerful. The Sackler name has adorned 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 the sciences. 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. Empire of Pain begins with the story of three doctor brothers, Raymond, Mortimer and the incalculably energetic Arthur, who weathered the poverty of the Great Depression and appalling anti-Semitism. Working at a barbaric mental institution, Arthur saw a better way and conducted groundbreaking research into drug treatments. He also had a genius for marketing, especially for pharmaceuticals, and bought a small ad firm. Arthur devised the marketing for Valium, and built the first great Sackler fortune. He purchased a drug manufacturer, Purdue Frederick, which would be run by Raymond and Mortimer. The brothers began collecting art, and wives, and grand residences in exotic locales. Their children and grandchildren grew up in luxury. Forty years later, Raymond's son Richard ran the family-owned Purdue. The template Arthur Sackler created to sell Valium--co-opting doctors, influencing the FDA, downplaying the drug's addictiveness--was employed to launch a far more potent product: OxyContin. The drug went on to generate some thirty-five billion dollars in revenue, and to launch a public health crisis in which hundreds of thousands would die. This is the saga of three generations of a single family and the mark they would leave on the world, a tale that moves from the bustling streets of early twentieth-century Brooklyn to the seaside palaces of Greenwich, Connecticut, and Cap d'Antibes to the corridors of power in Washington, D. C. Empire of Pain chronicles the multiple investigations of the Sacklers and their company, and the scorched-earth legal tactics that the family has used to evade accountability. Empire of Pain is a masterpiece of narrative reporting and writing, exhaustively documented and ferociously compelling. It is a portrait of the excesses of America's second Gilded Age, a study of impunity among the super elite and a relentless investigation of the naked greed and indifference to human suffering that built one of the world's great fortunes.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR - 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 OxyContin. From the prize-winning and bestselling author of Say Nothing. "A real-life version of the HBO series Succession with a lethal sting in its tail...a masterful work of narrative reportage." - Laura Miller, Slate The history of the Sackler dynasty is rife with drama--baroque personal lives; bitter disputes over estates; fistfights in boardrooms; glittering art collections; Machiavellian courtroom maneuvers; and the calculated use of money to burnish reputations and crush the less powerful. The Sackler name has adorned 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, but the source of the family fortune was vague--until it emerged that the Sacklers were responsible for making and marketing a blockbuster painkiller that was the catalyst for the opioid crisis. Empire of Pain is the saga of three generations of a single family and the mark they would leave on the world, a tale that moves from the bustling streets of early twentieth-century Brooklyn to the seaside palaces of Greenwich, Connecticut, and Cap d'Antibes to the corridors of power in Washington, D. C. It follows the family's early success with Valium to the much more potent OxyContin, marketed with a ruthless technique of co-opting doctors, influencing the FDA, downplaying the drug's addictiveness. Empire of Pain chronicles the multiple investigations of the Sacklers and their company, and the scorched-earth legal tactics that the family has used to evade accountability. A masterpiece of narrative reporting, Empire of Pain is a ferociously compelling portrait of America's second Gilded Age, a study of impunity among the super-elite and a relentless investigation of the naked greed that built one of the world's great fortunes.

Hva husker vi om konflikten i Nord-Irland? IRA og de britiske myndighetene kjempet i en borgerkrig som varte i over tre tiår. Konflikten gikk under navnet The Troubles. I desember 1972 ble tibarnsmoren Jean McConville bortført fra hjemmet sitt i Belfast, for aldri mer å bli sett i live. Forsvinningen hennes hjemsøker barna, gjerningsmennene og et helt samfunn i Nord-Irland i flere tiår. I denne grundig oppbygde boken skriver ikke Patrick Radden Keefe bare om en brutal forbrytelse, han skriver også et levende portrett av en verden der hendelser som dette dessverre var ganske vanlige. Tragedien til et helt land fanges opp i en fengslende fortelling fortalt gjennom livet til noen få personer. Si ingen ting vever historiene til Jean McConville og hennes familie sammen med Dolours Price sitt liv, den første kvinnen som ble med i IRA som soldat, som bombet puben Old Bailey mens hun knapt var ute av tenårene. Gerry Adams, som bidro til å få slutt på kampene, men benektet sin egen IRA-fortid, har også en fremtredende rolle i boken. Ved å beskrive konflikten og vanlige menneskers mange tragedier er Si ingen ting en ekstremt fengslende og sterk fortelling om hvor langt folk er villige til å følge sin politiske overbevisning, og hvordan bygge opp igjen et samfunn i kjølvannet av en lang og blodig konflikt. Dette er sakprosa på høyeste internasjonale nivå.

Uno de los mejores libros del Siglo XXI seg n el New York Times UNA HISTORIA REAL DE CRIMEN Y MEMORIA EN IRLANDA DEL NORTEMejor libro del a o 2019 seg n The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Times y Time Magazine El libro que ha inspirado una mimi serie en Hulu GANADOR DEL NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDGANADOR DEL PREMIO ORWELLFINALISTA DEL NATIONAL BOOK AWARD En diciembre de 1972, varios encapuchados secuestraron a Jean McConville, una viuda de treinta y ocho a os con diez hijos a su cargo. Nadie dud , en aquel barrio cat lico de Belfast, que se trataba de una represalia del IRA. Sin embargo, el crimen no empez a resolverse hasta 2003, cinco a os despu s de los acuerdos de paz del Viernes Santo, al ser desenterrados los restos mortales de McConville en una playa solitaria. Cuando Patrick Radden Keefe se propuso investigar las ramificaciones de este caso, ignoraba que terminar a escribiendo una cr nica total sobre el conflicto norirland s que ha sido aclamada de manera un nime. Entrevist ndose con decenas de testimonios, muchos de los cuales nunca antes hab an dado su versi n, retrata la profesionalizaci n de las milicias republicanas, la represi n del Estado brit nico, la escalada de violencia y, sobre todo, la evoluci n ideol gica de algunos de sus protagonistas. Por ejemplo, la de Dolours Price, que se enrol en el IRA a temprana edad y estuvo implicada, entre otros atentados, en la ejecuci n de Jean McConville. Enmarcado en la mejor tradici n del periodismo narrativo y la no ficci n literaria, No digas nada es un libro que a na historia, pol tica y biograf a, y que sondea las dimensiones morales de un conflicto que, medio siglo despu s, todav a levanta ampollas. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Now a miniseries on Hulu One of the New York Times's 100 Best Books of the 21st Century WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR NONFICTION A NEW YORK TIMES TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEAR LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZEBEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR - TIME MAGAZINE A WASHINGTON POST TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEAR NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Named a best book of the year by The Wall Street Journal, EW, The Economist, The Chicago Tribune, GQ, Slate, NPR, Variety, Slate, TIME, Minneapolis Star Tribune, St. Louis Post Dispatch, The Dallas Morning News, Buzzfeed, Kirkus Reviews, and BookPage Named a best book of the decade by Literary Hub and EW "Masked intruders dragged Jean McConville, a 38-year-old widow and mother of 10, from her Belfast home in 1972. In this meticulously reported book -- as finely paced as a novel -- Keefe uses McConville's murder as a prism to tell the history of the Troubles in Northern Ireland. Interviewing people on both sides of the conflict, he transforms the tragic damage and waste of the era into a searing, utterly gripping saga." - New York Times Book Review, Ten Best Books of the Year From award-winning New Yorker staff writer Patrick Radden Keefe, a stunning, intricate narrative about a notorious killing in Northern Ireland and its devastating repercussions In December 1972, Jean McConville, a thirty-eight-year-old mother of ten, was dragged from her Belfast home by masked intruders, her children clinging to her legs. They never saw her again. Her abduction was one of the most notorious episodes of the vicious conflict known as The Troubles. Everyone in the neighborhood knew the I. R. A. was responsible. But in a climate of fear and paranoia, no one would speak of it. In 2003, five years after an accord brought an uneasy peace to Northern Ireland, a set of human bones was discovered on a beach. McConville's children knew it was their mother when they were told a blue safety pin was attached to the dress--with so many kids, she had always kept it handy for diapers or ripped clothes. Patrick Radden Keefe's mesmerizing book on the bitter conflict in Northern Ireland and its aftermath uses the McConville case as a starting point for the tale of a society wracked by a violent guerrilla war, a war whose consequences have never been reckoned with. The brutal violence seared not only people like the McConville children, but also I. R. A. members embittered by a peace that fell far short of the goal of a united Ireland, and left them wondering whether the killings they committed were not justified acts of war, but simple murders. From radical and impetuous I. R. A. terrorists such as Dolours Price, who, when she was barely out of her teens, was already planting bombs in London and targeting informers for execution, to the ferocious I. R. A. mastermind known as The Dark, to the spy games and dirty schemes of the British Army, to Gerry Adams, who negotiated the peace but betrayed his hardcore comrades by denying his I. R. A. past--Say Nothing conjures a world of passion, betrayal, vengeance, and anguish.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - NOW AN FX LIMITED SERIES STREAMING ON HULU - NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER - From the author of Empire of Pain--a stunning, intricate narrative about a notorious killing in Northern Ireland and its devastating repercussions. One of The New York Times's 20 Best Books of the 21st Century - A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Century - A Los Angeles Times Best Nonfiction Book of the Last 30 Years "Masked intruders dragged Jean McConville, a 38-year-old widow and mother of 10, from her Belfast home in 1972. In this meticulously reported book--as finely paced as a novel--Keefe uses McConville's murder as a prism to tell the history of the Troubles in Northern Ireland. Interviewing people on both sides of the conflict, he transforms the tragic damage and waste of the era into a searing, utterly gripping saga." --New York Times Book Review "Reads like a novel. . . . Keefe is . . . a master of narrative nonfiction. . . . An incredible story."--Rolling Stone A Best Book of the Year: The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, TIME, NPR, and more Jean McConville's abduction was one of the most notorious episodes of the vicious conflict known as The Troubles. Everyone in the neighborhood knew the I. R. A. was responsible. But in a climate of fear and paranoia, no one would speak of it. In 2003, five years after an accord brought an uneasy peace to Northern Ireland, a set of human bones was discovered on a beach. McConville's children knew it was their mother when they were told a blue safety pin was attached to the dress--with so many kids, she had always kept it handy for diapers or ripped clothes. Patrick Radden Keefe's mesmerizing book on the bitter conflict in Northern Ireland and its aftermath uses the McConville case as a starting point for the tale of a society wracked by a violent guerrilla war, a war whose consequences have never been reckoned with. The brutal violence seared not only people like the McConville children, but also I. R. A. members embittered by a peace that fell far short of the goal of a united Ireland, and left them wondering whether the killings they committed were not justified acts of war, but simple murders. From radical and impetuous I. R. A. terrorists such as Dolours Price, who, when she was barely out of her teens, was already planting bombs in London and targeting informers for execution, to the ferocious I. R. A. mastermind known as The Dark, to the spy games and dirty schemes of the British Army, to Gerry Adams, who negotiated the peace but betrayed his hardcore comrades by denying his I. R. A. past--Say Nothing conjures a world of passion, betrayal, vengeance, and anguish.

WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2019 A BARACK OBAMA BEST BOOK OF 2019 SHORTLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTION 2019 TIME's #1 Best Nonfiction Book of 2019 A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'A must read' Gillian Flynn

One of the New York Times 10 Best Books of the YearBEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR - TIME MAGAZINE ONE OF THE BEST 10 BOOKS OF THE YEAR - WASHINGTON POST NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD Masked intruders dragged Jean McConville, a 38-year-old widow and mother of 10, from her Belfast home in 1972. In this meticulously reported book -- as finely paced as a novel -- Keefe uses McConville's murder as a prism to tell the history of the Troubles in Northern Ireland. Interviewing people on both sides of the conflict, he transforms the tragic damage and waste of the era into a searing, utterly gripping saga. - New York Times Book Review, Ten Best Books of the Year From award-winning New Yorker staff writer Patrick Radden Keefe, a stunning, intricate narrative about a notorious killing in Northern Ireland and its devastating repercussionsIn December 1972, Jean McConville, a thirty-eight-year-old mother of ten, was dragged from her Belfast home by masked intruders, her children clinging to her legs. They never saw her again. Her abduction was one of the most notorious episodes of the vicious conflict known as The Troubles. Everyone in the neighborhood knew the I. R. A. was responsible. But in a climate of fear and paranoia, no one would speak of it. In 2003, five years after an accord brought an uneasy peace to Northern Ireland, a set of human bones was discovered on a beach. McConville's children knew it was their mother when they were told a blue safety pin was attached to the dress--with so many kids, she had always kept it handy for diapers or ripped clothes. Patrick Radden Keefe's mesmerizing book on the bitter conflict in Northern Ireland and its aftermath uses the McConville case as a starting point for the tale of a society wracked by a violent guerrilla war, a war whose consequences have never been reckoned with. The brutal violence seared not only people like the McConville children, but also I. R. A. members embittered by a peace that fell far short of the goal of a united Ireland, and left them wondering whether the killings they committed were not justified acts of war, but simple murders. From radical and impetuous I. R. A. terrorists such as Dolours Price, who, when she was barely out of her teens, was already planting bombs in London and targeting informers for execution, to the ferocious I. R. A. mastermind known as The Dark, to the spy games and dirty schemes of the British Army, to Gerry Adams, who negotiated the peace but betrayed his hardcore comrades by denying his I. R. A. past--Say Nothing conjures a world of passion, betrayal, vengeance, and anguish.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - NOW AN FX LIMITED SERIES STREAMING ON HULU - NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER - From the author of Empire of Pain--a stunning, intricate narrative about a notorious killing in Northern Ireland and its devastating repercussions. One of The New York Times's 20 Best Books of the 21st Century - A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Century - A Los Angeles Times Best Nonfiction Book of the Last 30 Years "Masked intruders dragged Jean McConville, a 38-year-old widow and mother of 10, from her Belfast home in 1972. In this meticulously reported book--as finely paced as a novel--Keefe uses McConville's murder as a prism to tell the history of the Troubles in Northern Ireland. Interviewing people on both sides of the conflict, he transforms the tragic damage and waste of the era into a searing, utterly gripping saga." --New York Times Book Review "Reads like a novel. . . . Keefe is . . . a master of narrative nonfiction. . . . An incredible story."--Rolling Stone A Best Book of the Year: The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, TIME, NPR, and more Jean McConville's abduction was one of the most notorious episodes of the vicious conflict known as The Troubles. Everyone in the neighborhood knew the I. R. A. was responsible. But in a climate of fear and paranoia, no one would speak of it. In 2003, five years after an accord brought an uneasy peace to Northern Ireland, a set of human bones was discovered on a beach. McConville's children knew it was their mother when they were told a blue safety pin was attached to the dress--with so many kids, she had always kept it handy for diapers or ripped clothes. Patrick Radden Keefe's mesmerizing book on the bitter conflict in Northern Ireland and its aftermath uses the McConville case as a starting point for the tale of a society wracked by a violent guerrilla war, a war whose consequences have never been reckoned with. The brutal violence seared not only people like the McConville children, but also I. R. A. members embittered by a peace that fell far short of the goal of a united Ireland, and left them wondering whether the killings they committed were not justified acts of war, but simple murders. From radical and impetuous I. R. A. terrorists such as Dolours Price, who, when she was barely out of her teens, was already planting bombs in London and targeting informers for execution, to the ferocious I. R. A. mastermind known as The Dark, to the spy games and dirty schemes of the British Army, to Gerry Adams, who negotiated the peace but betrayed his hardcore comrades by denying his I. R. A. past--Say Nothing conjures a world of passion, betrayal, vengeance, and anguish.

In this thrilling panorama of real-life events, the bestselling author of Empire of Pain 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. "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 Keefe reveals the inner workings of Sister Ping's complex empire and recounts the decade-long FBI investigation that eventually brought her down. He follows an often incompetent and sometimes corrupt INS as it pursues desperate immigrants risking everything to come to America, and along the way, he paints a stunning portrait of a generation of illegal immigrants and the intricate underground economy that sustains and exploits them. Grand in scope yet propulsive in narrative force, The Snakehead is both a kaleidoscopic crime story and a brilliant exploration of the ironies of immigration in America.

The sweeping history of the American dream, Manhattan's Chinatown underbelly, and the grandma mastermind behind one of the largest human smuggling rings.