![]() ![]() They highlight the prurient interest of the average reader putting us inexplicably into another world that we may have read about but never lived in. ![]() ![]() Why Keefe chose these specific articles to put into this book he states in his preface, “They reflect 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.” Why we would want to read them becomes quite clear. These treatises were rightly recognized not only by being best-selling works but appropriately honored by the publishing industry. His last two books, Say Nothing and Empire of Pain were exhilarating rides through the varied stories of the cruelties of Sein Fein and the atrocities of the Sackler family of Purdue Pharma renown. Patrick Radden Keefe, in this enthralling collection of articles that were previously written in The New Yorker over some dozen years, has reminded us once again why he is one of best writers of nonfiction working today. Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks by Patrick Radden Keefe ![]()
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