Patrick Keefe
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Únosy. Výbuchy. Nevysvetliteľné zmiznutia. Streľba na uliciach. Aj taký bol celkom nedávny obraz Severného Írska zmietajúceho sa od šesťdesiatych rokov až do konca 20. storočia v krvavom občianskom konflikte.
Mimoriadny dokumentárny román Nič nehovor investigatívneho novinára Patricka Raddena Keefeho podrobne skúma prípad tridsaťosemročnej Jane McConvillovej, matky desiatich detí, ktorú v decembri 1972 odvliekli neznámi ľudia priamo z jej belfastského bytu, zatiaľ čo na nohách jej viseli plačúce deti. Až o mnoho rokov neskôr sa ukázalo, že Jane McConvillovú odsúdila IRA na smrť pre podozrenia z udavačstva. Bolo na tom niečo pravdy?
Konflikt medzi republikánmi (katolíkmi) a unionistami (protestantmi) bol politický, etnický i náboženský zároveň. Severné Írsko sužoval od konca šesťdesiatych rokov až po samý záver storočia. Tridsať rokov sa Severné Írsko kúpalo v krvi a nečakaných teroristických útokoch. Na prípade Jane McConvillovej ilustruje Patrick Radden Keefe anatómiu a podstatu celého severoírskeho konfliktu, ktorý dostal priliehavý názov "The Troubles" (Problémy). Táto kniha nie je len rozprávaním o jednom nekonečnom konflikte a jeho dôsledkoch. Je aj dôkladnou anatómiou strachu.
Kniha Patricka Raddena Keefeho Nič nehovor, ktorú časopis Time vyhlásil za najlepšiu reportáž roku 2019 bola ovenčená mnohými cenami vrátane prestížnej Ceny Georgea Orwella. Vychádza v preklade Alexandry Strelkovej.
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Pravdivý príbeh o zabíjaní a spomínaní v Severnom Írsku.
Únosy. Výbuchy. Nevysvetliteľné zmiznutia. Streľba na uliciach. Aj taký bol celkom nedávny obraz Severného Írska zmietajúceho sa od šesťdesiatych rokov až do konca 20. storočia v krvavom občianskom konflikte.
Mimoriadny dokumentárny román Nič nehovor investigatívneho novinára Patricka Raddena Keefeho sa sústreďuje na prípad tridsaťosemročnej Jane McConvillovej, matky desiatich detí, ktorú v decembri 1972 odvliekli neznámi ľudia priamo z jej belfastského bytu, zatiaľ čo na nohách jej viseli plačúce deti. Až o mnoho rokov neskôr sa ukázalo, že Jane McConvillovú odsúdila IRA na smrť za udavačstvo. Či bolo na tom niečo pravdy, to už dnes sotva zistíme.
Konflikt medzi republikánmi (katolíkmi) a unionistami (protestantmi) bol politický, etnický i náboženský zároveň. Severné Írsko sužoval od konca šesťdesiatych rokov až na samý záver storočia. Tridsať rokov sa Severné Írsko kúpalo v krvi a nečakaných teroristických útokoch. Na prípade Jane McConvillovej ilustruje Patrick Radden Keefe anatómiu a podstatu celého severoírskeho konfliktu, ktorý dostal priliehavý názov „The Troubles“ (Problémy).
Kniha Patricka Raddena Keefeho Nič nehovor, ktorú časopis Time vyhlásil za najlepšiu reportáž roku 2019 bola ovenčená mnohými cenami vrátane prestížnej Ceny Georgea Orwella.
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Rogues
From the prize-winning, New York Times bestselling author of Say Nothing and Empire of Pain, twelve enthralling stories of skulduggery and intrigue by one of the most decorated journalists of our time.
Patrick Radden Keefe’s work has been recognized by prizes ranging from the National Magazine Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award in the US to the Orwell Prize and the Baillie Gifford in the UK, for his meticulously reported, hypnotically engaging work on the many ways people behave badly. Rogues brings together a dozen of his most celebrated articles from the New Yorker. As Keefe observes in his preface: ‘They reflect on some of my abiding preoccupations: crime and corruption, secrets and lies, the permeable membrane separating licit and illicit worlds, the bonds of family, the power of denial.’
Keefe explores the intricacies of forging $150,000 vintage wines; examines whether a whistleblower who dared to expose money laundering at a Swiss bank is a hero or a fabulist; spends time in Vietnam with Anthony Bourdain; chronicles the quest to bring down a cheerful international black-market arms merchant; and profiles a passionate death-penalty attorney who represents the ‘worst of the worst’, among other bravura works of literary journalism.
The appearance of his byline in the New Yorker is always an event; collected here for the first time readers can see how his work forms an always enthralling yet also deeply human portrait of criminals and rascals, as well as those who stand up to them.
Empire of Pain
The gripping and shocking story of three generations of the Sackler family and their roles in the stories of Valium, Oxycontin and the opioid crisis.
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 in 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 Oxycontin, a blockbuster painkiller that was a catalyst for the opioid crisis-an international epidemic of drug addiction which has killed nearly half a million people.
In this masterpiece of narrative reporting and writing, Patrick Radden Keefe exhaustively documents the jaw-dropping and ferociously compelling reality. Empire of Pain is the story of a dynasty: a parable of 21st century greed.
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Rogues
Patrick Radden Keefe's work has garnered prizes ranging from the National Magazine Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award in the US to the Orwell Prize in the UK for his meticulously reported, hypnotically engaging work on the many ways people behave badly. Rogues brings together a dozen of his most celebrated articles from the New Yorker. As Keefe says in his preface: 'They reflect on some of my abiding preoccupations: crime and corruption, secrets and lies, the permeable membrane separating licit and illicit worlds, the bonds of family, the power of denial.'
Keefe brilliantly explores the intricacies of forging $150,000 vintage wines, examines whether a whistleblower who dared to expose money laundering at a Swiss bank is a hero or a fabulist, spends time in Vietnam with Anthony Bourdain, chronicles the quest to bring down a cheerful international black-market arms merchant, and profiles a passionate death-penalty attorney who represents the 'worst of the worst', among other bravura works of literary journalism.
The appearance of his byline in the New Yorker is always an event, and collected here for the first time readers can see his work forms an always enthralling but deeply human portrait of criminals and rascals, as well as those who stand up against them.
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The Snakehead
In this thrilling panorama of real-life events, the bestselling author of Empire of Pain investigates a secret world run by a surprising criminal: a charismatic middle-aged grandmother, who from a tiny noodle shop in New York’s Chinatown, managed a multimillion-dollar business smuggling people.
In The Snakehead, Patrick Radden Keefe reveals the inner workings of Cheng Chui Ping aka Sister Ping’s complex empire and recounts the decade-long FBI investigation that eventually brought her down. He follows an often incompetent and sometimes corrupt INS as it pursues desperate immigrants risking everything to come to America, and along the way he paints a stunning portrait of a generation of undocumented immigrants and the intricate underground economy that sustains and exploits them.
Grand in scope yet propulsive in narrative force, The Snakehead is both a kaleidoscopic crime story and a brilliant exploration of the ironies of immigration in America.
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