Rogues
True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Pan Macmillan
Published:13th Jul '23
Should be back in stock very soon
From award-winning, bestselling author Patrick Radden Keefe, a collection of his phenomenal essays published in the New Yorker, ranging from forgery to arms dealers to how reality TV revived the career of Donald Trump.
From award-winning, bestselling author Patrick Radden Keefe, a collection of his phenomenal essays published in the New Yorker,ranging from forgery to reality TV.
From the Baillie Gifford Prize-winning, internationally bestselling author of Say Nothing, Empire of Pain and London Falling comes twelve enthralling stories of crime, corruption, secrets and lies.
‘A new book by Keefe means drop everything and close the blinds; you’ll be turning pages for hours . . . Highly entertaining’ - Los Angeles Times
‘Eminently bingeable, religiously fact-checked and seductively globetrotting ’ - TheObserver
Patrick Radden Keefe has been internationally recognized for his meticulously crafted, enthralling and deeply human reporting on criminals and rascals, as well as those who stand up to them. Rogues is a high-octane collection that brings together a dozen of his most celebrated articles from the New Yorker.
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’.
Merging gripping true crime storytelling with fearless investigative journalism, Patrick Radden Keefe is undeniably one of the great nonfiction writers of our time.
'The finest non-fiction writer we have' – Elizabeth Day
'A gifted storyteller who excels at capturing personalities – The Washington Post
'We are fortunate to have him pounding the pavement to expose real-life darkness' - The Irish Times
'[Keefe] has an ability to unfurl the narrative in a way that is completely engrossing' - Louis Theroux
Eminently bingeable, religiously fact-checked and seductively globetrotting . . . A preternaturally attentive reporter at work. * Observer *
A new book by Keefe means drop everything and close the blinds; you’ll be turning pages for hours . . . Highly entertaining’ * Los Angeles Times *
Keefe follows his award-winning opus with a collection of 12 pen portraits . . . that are no less compelling for being sketched on a smaller canvas. * Financial Times ‘Best Summer Books of 2022’ *
Reflects the collective preoccupations of the unsettling era in which we now live:mass shootings and terrorism, mental health issues, and the many flavors of financial corruption . . . Keefe is a virtuoso storyteller, able to create suspense with his descriptions of how these crimes unfolded. * Washington Post *
Each [piece] could be a book in its own right . . . [Keefe] has an eye for the smallest detail that reveals something big. * Sunday Times *
A wonderful book, not only because Keefe's prose is masterful, but because he has a preternatural gift for reading people. * National Public Radio *
Extraordinary * Wall Street Journal *
One of the finest non-fiction writers of his generation * Toronto Star *
A king of contemporary nonfiction * Entertainment Weekly *
Iconic . . . Keefe delivers masterpieces * Oprah Daily *
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
ISBN: 9781035001767
Dimensions: 197mm x 130mm x 25mm
Weight: 265g
368 pages