Patrick Radden Keefe
Patrick Radden Keefe is an award-winning staff writer at the New Yorker and the author of the international bestsellers EMPIRE OF PAIN (winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction), SAY NOTHING (winner of the Orwell Prize) and, most recently, ROGUES: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks. First published in 2009, THE SNAKEHEAD is a sweeping history of the American dream, Manhattan’s Chinatown underbelly, and the mastermind behind one of the largest human-smuggling rings – a middle-aged grandmother. Described as a ‘mash-up of The Godfather and Chinatown’, it is both a kaleidoscopic crime story and a brilliant exploration of the ironies of immigration in America.
Past Events
Join us in February as we dig into prehistoric landscapes and the science of emotion, explore America's underbelly and celebrate sporting glory and England's Lionesses
5x15 welcomes best-selling author Patrick Radden Keefe to discuss Empire of Pain, the Sackler family and America's devastating opioid crisis