Book Discussion: Empire of Pain: Secret History of Oxycontin

Unlike the usual BYOB format of this group, this is an assigned reading format. You are expected to have read some of the book to join the discussion :)

I am excited to finally read this book, its an award-winning, one of the most highly rated non fiction books across Goodreads/Amazon and for good reason!

About the book:

# 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 opioid epidemic has killed nearly half a million Americans over the past two decades. Many of their loved ones, along with public health advocates and experts, believe that one very rich, very famous family has never fully faced the consequences for its role in those deaths. EMPIRE OF PAIN, the explosive new book by journalist Patrick Radden Keefe, is an attempt to change that — to hold the family accountable in a way that nobody has quite done before...” —Jonathan Cohn, The Washington Post

Note:

• location subject to change but we'll keep it around Wan Chai District.
• You must buy something at the venue.
• First timer attendees are requested to contribute 20HKD to fund the Meetup Group Subscription.
• No-Shows make the host sad (please update your attendance)