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. 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. From the prize-winning, New York Times bestselling author. Tragically, Bourdain took his own life a year after the essay was published. Rogues brings together a dozen of his most celebrated articles from the New Yorker. Patrick Radden Keefe, in this enthralling collection of articles that were previously written in The New Yorker over some dozen years, has reminded us once again why he is one of best writers of nonfiction working today. Description - Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks by Patrick Radden Keefe. Keefe masterfully captures Bourdain’s frantic energy and creativity, as well as his struggles with substance abuse. Rogues by Patrick Radden Keefe review a preternaturally attentive reporter at work In this ‘greatest hits’ collection, the author of the acclaimed Empire of Pain stops at nothing in.

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. Every time he writes an article, I read it.

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