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Häftad, Engelska, 2026
186 kr
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THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES No.1 BESTSELLERTHE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES No.1 BESTSELLER'A defining book of our time' - The Times'The master of the non-fiction narrative' - The Sunday Times'A masterpiece' - The Observer'Compulsive' - The Guardian'Breathtaking' - Jon Ronson'Completely engrossing' - Louis Theroux'Phenomenal' - Emily Maitlis'More addictive than any box set' - Sathnam SangheraFrom the Baillie Gifford Prize-winning and Sunday Times bestselling author of Empire of Pain and Say Nothing comes a riveting story of wealth, violence and deceit at the heart of a glittering city.In 2019, a London teenager, Zac Brettler, fell to his death from a luxury apartment building on the banks of the Thames. On a desperate quest to understand how their son had died, his grieving parents made a terrible discovery: Zac had been leading a fantasy life, posing as the son of a wealthy Russian oligarch.Patrick Radden Keefe follows Zac’s parents on a dark journey to find out what brought him to the balcony that night – and how a teenager’s life of make-believe drew him into the city’s terrifying underworld.
Häftad, Engelska, 2019
140 kr
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THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER A NEW YORK TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE 21ST CENTURY Now an FX TV series streaming on DISNEY+ 'Unquestionably one of the greatest literary achievements of the 21st century' Nick Hornby From the author of London Falling – a stunning, intricate narrative about a notorious killing in Northern Ireland and its devastating repercussions.One night in December 1972, Jean McConville, a mother of ten, was abducted from her home in Belfast and never seen alive again. Her disappearance would haunt her orphaned children, the perpetrators of this terrible crime and a whole society in Northern Ireland for decades.In this powerful, scrupulously reported book, Patrick Radden Keefe offers not just a forensic account of a brutal crime but a vivid portrait of the world in which it happened. The tragedy of an entire country is captured in the spellbinding narrative of a handful of characters, presented in lyrical and unforgettable detail.A poem by Seamus Heaney inspires the title: ‘Whatever You Say, Say Nothing’. By defying the culture of silence, Keefe illuminates how a close-knit society fractured; how people chose sides in a conflict and turned to violence; and how, when the shooting stopped, some ex-combatants came to look back in horror at the atrocities they had committed, while others continue to advocate violence even today.Say Nothing deftly weaves the stories of Jean McConville and her family with those of Dolours Price, the first woman to join the IRA as a front-line soldier, who bombed the Old Bailey when barely out of her teens; Gerry Adams, who helped bring an end to the fighting, but denied his own IRA past; Brendan Hughes, a fearsome IRA commander who turned on Adams after the peace process and broke the IRA’s code of silence; and other indelible figures. By capturing the intrigue, the drama and the profound human cost of the Troubles, the book presents a searing chronicle of the lengths that people are willing to go to in pursuit of a political ideal, and the ways in which societies mend – or don’t – in the aftermath of a long and bloody conflict.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2026
230 kr
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THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES No.1 BESTSELLER'A defining book of our time' - The Times'The master of the non-fiction narrative' - The Sunday Times'A masterpiece' - The Observer'Compulsive' - The Guardian'Exquisite . . . a masterpiece' Financial Times'Breathtaking' - Jon Ronson'Completely engrossing' - Louis Theroux'Phenomenal' - Emily Maitlis'More addictive than any box set' - Sathnam SangheraA book of the summer in The Times, The Guardian, The Independent, The Irish Times, The New York Times, Financial Times and The AtlanticFrom the Baillie Gifford Prize-winning and Sunday Times bestselling author of Empire of Pain and Say Nothing comes a riveting story of wealth, violence and deceit at the heart of a glittering city.In 2019, a London teenager, Zac Brettler, fell to his death from a luxury apartment building on the banks of the Thames. On a desperate quest to understand how their son had died, his grieving parents made a terrible discovery: Zac had been leading a fantasy life, posing as the son of a wealthy Russian oligarch.Patrick Radden Keefe follows Zac’s parents on a dark journey to find out what brought him to the balcony that night – and how a teenager’s life of make-believe drew him into the city’s terrifying underworld.
Häftad, Engelska, 2022
150 kr
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**Patrick Radden Keefe's new instant No.1 bestseller, London Falling, is on sale now**The shocking story of three generations of the Sackler family and their roles in the stories of Valium, OxyContin and the opioid crisis. The inspiration behind the Netflix series Painkiller, starring Uzo Aduba and Matthew Broderick.Winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-FictionThe Sunday Times BestsellerA BBC Radio 4 'Book of the Week'One of The Telegraph's 20 Best Nonfiction Books of All TimeShortlisted for the Financial Times/McKinsey Business Book of the Year AwardOne of Barack Obama’s Favorite Books of the YearShortlisted for the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction'There are so many "they did what?" moments in this book, when your jaw practically hits the page' – Sunday Times'A page-turner with a villainous family to rival the Roys in Succession' – Esquire‘You feel almost guilty for enjoying it so much’ – The TimesBy the beginning of the twenty-first century the Sackler family had become one of the richest in America, their name adorning the walls of institutions like Harvard and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The source of the family fortune had long been vague, until it emerged that the Sacklers were responsible for making and ruthlessly marketing OxyContin – a blockbuster painkiller that was a catalyst for the opioid crisis which, to date, has killed over half a million people.In this searing investigation, Patrick Radden Keefe tells the story of the Sackler family’s extraordinary rise and reveals a shocking story of greed and corruption at the heart of modern America.Merging gripping storytelling with fearless investigative journalism, Patrick Radden Keefe is undeniably one of the great nonfiction writers of our time.'I gobbled up Empire of Pain . . . a masterclass in compelling narrative nonfiction.' – Elizabeth Day, The Guardian'[Keefe is] a gifted storyteller who excels at capturing personalities' – The Washington Post'This book will make your blood boil' – John Carreyrou, author of Bad Blood
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Inbunden, Svenska, 2026
249 kr
Förboka
Vad vet vi egentligen om vad våra barn sysslar med? I en modern storstad, där välståndet ofta är byggt på smutsiga pengar, hur illa kan det gå för en ung och ambitiös kille som strävar uppåt?
Oligarkens son är den verkliga berättelsen om 19-årige Zac, som en morgon hittas död i Themsen. Polisen avfärdar dödsfallet som självmord, och det blir upp till Zacs familj att vända på alla stenar för att hitta svaret. Med hjälp av författaren börjar de rota i Zacs förflutna, och i de kriminella kretsar han dragits allt djupare in i under sin strävan att bli förmögen.
Det är en berättelse om en stad och ett dödsfall, men lika mycket frågan om vad som kan ske i en familj när vi inte tittar tillräckligt noga. Inte minst i Sverige, där många unga idag riskerar att dras in i organiserad brottslighet.
“Mörk och fängslande från början till slut… slår upp ett fönster till en värld av smutsiga finansaffärer och fantasier om aspirerande rikedom.”The Guardian“Keefe är en mästare på att använda true crime som ett verktyg för att utforska sociala och politiska missförhållanden.”NPR
”Hans mest fängslande bok hittills… En berättelse om modernt föräldraskap och sökandet efter frid mitt i en sorg som inte går att lösa.”New York Magazine
Patrick Radden Keefe (född 1980) är en av USA:s mer profilerade journalister idag, verksam på tidskriften The New Yorker. På svenska har han kommit ut med böckerna Säg inget och Smärtans imperium.
Häftad, Engelska, 2023
133 kr
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From the Baillie Gifford Prize-winning, internationally bestselling author of Say Nothing, Empire of Pain and London Falling comes twelve enthralling stories of crime, corruption, secrets and lies.‘A new book by Keefe means drop everything and close the blinds; you’ll be turning pages for hours . . . Highly entertaining’ - Los Angeles Times‘Eminently bingeable, religiously fact-checked and seductively globetrotting ’ - The ObserverPatrick Radden Keefe has been internationally recognized for his meticulously crafted, enthralling and deeply human reporting on criminals and rascals, as well as those who stand up to them. Rogues is a high-octane collection that brings together a dozen of his most celebrated articles from the New Yorker.Keefe 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’.Merging gripping storytelling with fearless investigative journalism, Patrick Radden Keefe is undeniably one of the great nonfiction writers of our time.'The finest non-fiction writer we have' – Elizabeth Day'A gifted storyteller who excels at capturing personalities – The Washington Post'We are fortunate to have him pounding the pavement to expose real-life darkness' - The Irish Times'[Keefe] has an ability to unfurl the narrative in a way that is completely engrossing' - Louis Theroux
Inbunden, Engelska, 2026
408 kr
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Storpocket, Svenska, 2023
147 kr
Tillfälligt slut
"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 "Säg inget", om konflikten på Nordirland. Nu är han tillbaka med en knivskarp skildring av de yttersta konsekvenserna av hänsynslös kapitalism och korruption." Malin Persson Giolito
Länge 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.
Storpocket, Svenska, 2023
147 kr
Tillfälligt slut
Den sanna historien bakom kidnappningen som skakade Nordirland
I december 1972 förs den 38-åriga änkan Jean McConville bort från sitt hem i Belfast av ett maskerat gäng, inför ögonen på sina tio barn. Hon kommer aldrig tillbaka. Försvinnandet – och det ouppklarade mordet – blir ett av de mest omtalade fallen under konflikten i Nordirland, det som kommit att kallas The Troubles. Ett öppet sår i en konflikt präglad av rädsla, lojaliteter och tystnad.
I Säg inget (originaltitel Say Nothing) väver Patrick Radden Keefe samman Jean McConvilles öde med en större berättelse om IRA, motståndskamp, hemliga operationer och moraliska gråzoner. Genom intervjuer, arkivmaterial och en journalistisk precision i världsklass blottlägger han hur våldet normaliserades – och hur tystnaden blev ett vapen.
Det är både en nervkittlande true crime-berättelse och en djuplodande skildring av konflikten i Nordirland, där gamla lojaliteter fortfarande påverkar dagens politik i Storbritannien och Irland. Samtidigt är det en modern detektivhistoria som steg för steg närmar sig sanningen om vad som hände Jean McConville.
Säg inget har hyllats internationellt som ett banbrytande reportage och en av de främsta böckerna om The Troubles. En omskakande och tankeväckande berättelse om skuld, idealism och priset för politisk övertygelse.
E-bok
Engelska, 201888 kr
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THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER A NEW YORK TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE 21ST CENTURY Now an FX TV series streaming on DISNEY+ 'Unquestionably one of the greatest literary achievements of the 21st century' Nick Hornby From the author of London Falling – a stunning, intricate narrative about a notorious killing in Northern Ireland and its devastating repercussions.One night in December 1972, Jean McConville, a mother of ten, was abducted from her home in Belfast and never seen alive again. Her disappearance would haunt her orphaned children, the perpetrators of this terrible crime and a whole society in Northern Ireland for decades.In this powerful, scrupulously reported book, Patrick Radden Keefe offers not just a forensic account of a brutal crime but a vivid portrait of the world in which it happened. The tragedy of an entire country is captured in the spellbinding narrative of a handful of characters, presented in lyrical and unforgettable detail.A poem by Seamus Heaney inspires the title: ‘Whatever You Say, Say Nothing’. By defying the culture of silence, Keefe illuminates how a close-knit society fractured; how people chose sides in a conflict and turned to violence; and how, when the shooting stopped, some ex-combatants came to look back in horror at the atrocities they had committed, while others continue to advocate violence even today.Say Nothing deftly weaves the stories of Jean McConville and her family with those of Dolours Price, the first woman to join the IRA as a front-line soldier, who bombed the Old Bailey when barely out of her teens; Gerry Adams, who helped bring an end to the fighting, but denied his own IRA past; Brendan Hughes, a fearsome IRA commander who turned on Adams after the peace process and broke the IRA’s code of silence; and other indelible figures. By capturing the intrigue, the drama and the profound human cost of the Troubles, the book presents a searing chronicle of the lengths that people are willing to go to in pursuit of a political ideal, and the ways in which societies mend – or don’t – in the aftermath of a long and bloody conflict.
Ljudbok
Engelska, 2018227 kr
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THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER A NEW YORK TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE 21ST CENTURYNow an FX TV series streaming on DISNEY+''Unquestionably one of the greatest literary achievements of the 21st century'' Nick HornbyFrom the author of Empire of Pain – a stunning, intricate narrative about a notorious killing in Northern Ireland and its devastating repercussions.One night in December 1972, Jean McConville, a mother of ten, was abducted from her home in Belfast and never seen alive again. Her disappearance would haunt her orphaned children, the perpetrators of this terrible crime and a whole society in Northern Ireland for decades.In this powerful, scrupulously reported book, Patrick Radden Keefe offers not just a forensic account of a brutal crime but a vivid portrait of the world in which it happened. The tragedy of an entire country is captured in the spellbinding narrative of a handful of characters, presented in lyrical and unforgettable detail.A poem by Seamus Heaney inspires the title: ‘Whatever You Say, Say Nothing’. By defying the culture of silence, Keefe illuminates how a close-knit society fractured; how people chose sides in a conflict and turned to violence; and how, when the shooting stopped, some ex-combatants came to look back in horror at the atrocities they had committed, while others continue to advocate violence even today.Say Nothing deftly weaves the stories of Jean McConville and her family with those of Dolours Price, the first woman to join the IRA as a front-line soldier, who bombed the Old Bailey when barely out of her teens; Gerry Adams, who helped bring an end to the fighting, but denied his own IRA past; Brendan Hughes, a fearsome IRA commander who turned on Adams after the peace process and broke the IRA’s code of silence; and other indelible figures. By capturing the intrigue, the drama and the profound human cost of the Troubles, the book presents a searing chronicle of the lengths that people are willing to go to in pursuit of a political ideal, and the ways in which societies mend – or don’t – in the aftermath of a long and bloody conflict.
Häftad, Engelska, 2020
269 kr
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • SOON TO BE 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 "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.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2019
417 kr
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E-bok
Engelska, 2009163 kr
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In this thrilling panorama of real-life events, Patrick Radden Keefe 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. 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. From the Trade Paperback edition.
E-bok
Engelska, 2019165 kr
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"Meticulously reported, exquisitely written, and grippingly told, Say Nothing is a work of revelation."- David Grann, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon"[This] gripping account of the Troubles is equal parts true-crime, history, and tragedy . . . A must read." - Gillian Flynn, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Gone GirlFrom 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.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2021
408 kr
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E-bok
Engelska, 2021222 kr
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Inbunden, Engelska, 2022
244 kr
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E-bok
Engelska, 2022177 kr
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E-bok
Engelska, 2026222 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2021
512 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2023
145 kr
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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.
Häftad, Engelska, 2022
451 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2022
186 kr
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‘I read everything he writes. Every time he writes a book, I read it. Every time he writes an article, I read it . . . he’s a national treasure.’ Rachel MaddowPatrick Radden Keefe’s work has garnered prizes ranging from the National Magazine Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award in the US to the Orwell Prize in the UK 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.
E-bok
Engelska, 2022174 kr
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From the Baillie Gifford Prize-winning, internationally bestselling author of Say Nothing, Empire of Pain and London Falling comes twelve enthralling stories of crime, corruption, secrets and lies.‘A new book by Keefe means drop everything and close the blinds; you’ll be turning pages for hours . . . Highly entertaining’ - Los Angeles Times‘Eminently bingeable, religiously fact-checked and seductively globetrotting ’ - The ObserverPatrick Radden Keefe has been internationally recognized for his meticulously crafted, enthralling and deeply human reporting on criminals and rascals, as well as those who stand up to them. Rogues is a high-octane collection that brings together a dozen of his most celebrated articles from the New Yorker.Keefe 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’.Merging gripping storytelling with fearless investigative journalism, Patrick Radden Keefe is undeniably one of the great nonfiction writers of our time.'The finest non-fiction writer we have' – Elizabeth Day'A gifted storyteller who excels at capturing personalities – The Washington Post'We are fortunate to have him pounding the pavement to expose real-life darkness' - The Irish Times'[Keefe] has an ability to unfurl the narrative in a way that is completely engrossing' - Louis Theroux
E-bok
Engelska, 2021205 kr
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**Patrick Radden Keefe's new instant No.1 bestseller, London Falling, is on sale now**The shocking story of three generations of the Sackler family and their roles in the stories of Valium, OxyContin and the opioid crisis. The inspiration behind the Netflix series Painkiller, starring Uzo Aduba and Matthew Broderick.Winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-FictionThe Sunday Times BestsellerA BBC Radio 4 'Book of the Week'One of The Telegraph's 20 Best Nonfiction Books of All TimeShortlisted for the Financial Times/McKinsey Business Book of the Year AwardOne of Barack Obama’s Favorite Books of the YearShortlisted for the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction'There are so many "they did what?" moments in this book, when your jaw practically hits the page' – Sunday Times'A page-turner with a villainous family to rival the Roys in Succession' – Esquire‘You feel almost guilty for enjoying it so much’ – The TimesBy the beginning of the twenty-first century the Sackler family had become one of the richest in America, their name adorning the walls of institutions like Harvard and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The source of the family fortune had long been vague, until it emerged that the Sacklers were responsible for making and ruthlessly marketing OxyContin – a blockbuster painkiller that was a catalyst for the opioid crisis which, to date, has killed over half a million people.In this searing investigation, Patrick Radden Keefe tells the story of the Sackler family’s extraordinary rise and reveals a shocking story of greed and corruption at the heart of modern America.Merging gripping storytelling with fearless investigative journalism, Patrick Radden Keefe is undeniably one of the great nonfiction writers of our time.'I gobbled up Empire of Pain . . . a masterclass in compelling narrative nonfiction.' – Elizabeth Day, The Guardian'[Keefe is] a gifted storyteller who excels at capturing personalities' – The Washington Post'This book will make your blood boil' – John Carreyrou, author of Bad Blood
Häftad, Engelska, 2023
133 kr
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**Patrick Radden Keefe's new book, London Falling, is on sale now**LONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 CWA GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION‘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’ – TimeIn this thrilling story 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 multimillion-dollar business smuggling people.In The Snakehead, Patrick Radden Keefe reveals the inner workings of Cheng Chui Ping aka 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 undocumented immigrants and the intricate underground economy that sustains and exploits them.‘A powerful piece of reportage about the violent underworld of New York’s Chinatown’ – The TimesMerging gripping storytelling with fearless investigative journalism, Patrick Radden Keefe is undeniably one of the great nonfiction writers of our time.'The finest non-fiction writer we have' – Elizabeth Day'A gifted storyteller who excels at capturing personalities – The Washington Post'We are fortunate to have him pounding the pavement to expose real-life darkness' – The Irish Times
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Engelska, 2023174 kr
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**Patrick Radden Keefe's new book, London Falling, is on sale now**LONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 CWA GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION‘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’ – TimeIn this thrilling story 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 multimillion-dollar business smuggling people.In The Snakehead, Patrick Radden Keefe reveals the inner workings of Cheng Chui Ping aka 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 undocumented immigrants and the intricate underground economy that sustains and exploits them.‘A powerful piece of reportage about the violent underworld of New York’s Chinatown’ – The TimesMerging gripping storytelling with fearless investigative journalism, Patrick Radden Keefe is undeniably one of the great nonfiction writers of our time.'The finest non-fiction writer we have' – Elizabeth Day'A gifted storyteller who excels at capturing personalities – The Washington Post'We are fortunate to have him pounding the pavement to expose real-life darkness' – The Irish Times
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Engelska, 2006141 kr
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How does our government eavesdrop? Whom do they eavesdrop on? And is the interception of communication an effective means of predicting and preventing future attacks? These are some of the questions at the heart of Patrick Radden Keefe’s brilliant new book, Chatter. In the late 1990s, when Keefe was a graduate student in England, he heard stories about an eavesdropping network led by the United States that spanned the planet. The system, known as Echelon, allowed America and its allies to intercept the private phone calls and e-mails of civilians and governments around the world. Taking the mystery of Echelon as his point of departure, Keefe explores the nature and context of communications interception, drawing together fascinating strands of history, fresh investigative reporting, and riveting, eye-opening anecdotes. The result is a bold and distinctive book, part detective story, part travel-writing, part essay on paranoia and secrecy in a digital age.Chatter starts out at Menwith Hill, a secret eavesdropping station covered in mysterious, gargantuan golf balls, in England’s Yorkshire moors. From there, the narrative moves quickly to another American spy station hidden in the Australian outback; from the intelligence bureaucracy in Washington to the European Parliament in Brussels; from an abandoned National Security Agency base in the mountains of North Carolina to the remote Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia. As Keefe chases down the truth of contemporary surveillance by intelligence agencies, he unearths reams of little-known information and introduces us to a rogue’s gallery of unforgettable characters. We meet a former British eavesdropper who now listens in on the United States Air Force for sport; an intelligence translator who risked prison to reveal an American operation to spy on the United Nations Security Council; a former member of the Senate committee on intelligence who says that oversight is so bad, a lot of senators only sit on the committee for the travel.Provocative, often funny, and alarming without being alarmist, Chatter is a journey through a bizarre and shadowy world with vast implications for our security as well as our privacy. It is also the debut of a major new voice in nonfiction.From the Hardcover edition.
Häftad, Engelska, 2019
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