Empire of Pain

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Patrick Radden Keefe’s remarkable Say Nothing documented the Troubles in Northern Ireland and was named by The New York Times as one of the best books of 2019. His follow up is Empire of Pain, an equally powerful account of the opioid crisis gripping America and the family that created it and continues to profit from it. Patrick meticulously chronicles the rise of the Sackler family, whose company invented the highly addictive OxyContin, and damns a country too cowed by money to protect its own citizens.

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Patrick Radden Keefe is an award-winning staff writer at The New Yorker and is the author of books including the Orwell Prize-winning Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland and, most recently, Empire of Pain. He grew up in Boston and now lives in New York.

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Ben Brooker is a writer, editor, critic, playwright, essayist, dramaturg, and bookseller. His work has featured in Australian publications such as Overland, Australian Book Review, The Lifted Brow and Meanjin, and international publication including Tanzconnexions, and Plays International & Europe. As a playwright, he has received commissions from organisations including OzAsia Festival, Next Wave Festival and the State Theatre Company South Australia. He is currently working on his first book, on psychedelics in Australia.

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WHEN

Sun 06 Mar, 1:15pm

This event was previously scheduled for Sat 5 Mar at 10.45am.

WHERE

Pioneer Women's Memorial Garden
West Stage

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FREE
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Wheelchair recharge station and assistance dog water stations available.

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