Rogues [electronic resource] : True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks
Patrick Radden Keefe2022
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'I read everything he writes. Every time he writes a book, I read it. Every time
he writes an article, I read it . . . he's a national treasure.' Rachel Maddow
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 ...
Main title:
Rogues [electronic resource] : True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks / Patrick Radden Keefe
Author:
Patrick Radden Keefe, Author
Imprint:
Australia : Picador, 2022
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781761262418
Language:
English
BRN:
438159
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
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| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | indyreads - eBook |