Holgate said that the story Keefe had mined in Empire of Pain was exceptionally important, also praising “the skill with which he has told his jaw-dropping tale, and how immersive and unputdownable he has made the telling”. But I can tell you I wasn’t working on any other projects at the time and that when I asked them, actually, in a request for comment whether they were responsible for this, they declined to comment,” he said. You know, I can’t say for sure that the Sacklers sent him.
“I had a moment last summer where my house was being staked out by a private investigator. Keefe has previously told NPR that the Sacklers had “really thrown a lot of energy into trying to thwart this project from its very inception”, sending legal letters and threatening legal action. Winning this prize is “an enormous honour” he said on Tuesday, adding that “non-fiction is more important than ever” right now because “the very notion of fact has come under assault”. Then I would be,” he told the Observer earlier this year. I kept thinking I couldn’t be more shocked. “As I was doing my reporting, there were moments where my eyes would bug out of my head. Keefe, a staff writer at the New Yorker who previously won the Orwell prize for Say Nothing, his investigation into the murder of Jean McConville by the IRA in 1972, accessed thousands of private documents while writing Empire of Pain, conducting more than 200 interviews to tell his story. The book delves into the history of the Sackler family, looking at how a dynasty formerly known for its large philanthropic donations to arts institutions drew much of its wealth from the company making and marketing Ox圜ontin, a highly addictive prescription painkiller.
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