{"product_id":"9788418052491","title":"El imperio del dolor: La historia secreta de la dinastía que reinó en la industria farmacéutica \/ Empire of Pain","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eKeefe, Patrick Radden\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eReservoir Books\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e1\/4\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003eGanador del Goodreads Choice Awards 2021 de Historia y Biografías\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSeleccionado como uno de los mejores libros de no-ficción del 2021 por Publishers Weekly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalista del 2021 National Book Critics Circle 2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eLa historia que inspiró el documental de HBO \u003ci\u003eCrime of the Century\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTras \u003ci\u003eNo digas nada\u003c\/i\u003e, llega lo nuevo de Patrick Radden Keefe.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEl retrato demoledor de una dinastía cuya fortuna se construyó gracias a Valium y cuya reputación fue destruida por OxyContin.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eEl apellido Sackler adorna los muros de las instituciones más distinguidas: Harvard, el Metropolitan, Oxford, el Louvre… Es una de las familias más ricas del mundo, benefactora de las artes y las ciencias. El origen de su patrimonio siempre fue dudoso, hasta que salió a la luz que lo habían multiplicado gracias a OxyContin, un potente analgésico que catalizó la crisis de los opioides en Estados Unidos.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEl imperio del dolor\u003c\/i\u003e empieza en la Gran Depresión, con la historia de tres hermanos dedicados a la medicina: Raymond, Mortimer y el infatigable Arthur Sackler, dotado de una visión especial para la publicidad y el marketing. Años después, contribuyó a la primera fortuna familiar ideando la estrategia comercial de Valium, un revolucionario tranquilizante, para una gran farmacéutica.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTras unas décadas fue Richard Sackler, el hijo de Raymond, quien pasó a dirigir los negocios del clan, incluida Purdue Pharma, su propia empresa fabricante de medicamentos. Basándose en las tácticas agresivas de su tío Arthur para vender el Valium, lanzó un fármaco que había de ser definitivo: OxyContin. Con él ganaron miles de millones de dólares, pero terminaría por arruinar su reputación.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDesde 2017, Patrick Radden Keefe ha investigado los secretos de la dinastía Sackler: las complicadas relaciones familiares, los flujos de dinero, sus dudosas prácticas corporativas… El resultado es una bomba periodística que relata el auge y declive de una de las grandes familias americanas y su oscuro emporio de la salud.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eENGLISH DESCRIPTION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist of the 2021 National Book Critics Circle\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the Goodreads Choice Awards 2021 on History \u0026amp; Biography\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublishers Weekly Best Book 2021  Nonfiction\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eINSTANT   NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eSay Nothing\u003c\/i\u003e, as featured in the HBO documentary \u003ci\u003eCrime   of the Century.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEmpire of Pain\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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.  \u003ci\u003eEmpire of Pain\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEmpire of Pain\u003c\/i\u003e 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.","brand":"Reservoir Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44216088428799,"sku":"9788418052491","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9788418052491_s600x595.jpg?v=1775603024","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9788418052491","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}