| Edition |
First large print edition. |
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Large print edition. |
| Description |
xx, 566 pages (large print) ; 24 cm |
| Physical Medium |
large print rda |
| Note |
"The pieces in this work originally appeared in a slightly different form in The New Yorker." -- Title page verso. |
| Contents |
Jefferson bottles -- Crime family -- Avenger -- Empire of edge -- Loaded gun -- Hunt for El Chapo -- Winning -- Swiss bank heist -- Prince of Marbella -- Worst of the worst -- Buried secrets -- Journeyman. |
| Summary |
"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 "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 has garnered prizes ranging from the National Magazine Award to the Orwell Prize to the National Book Critics Circle Award 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"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Crime.
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Criminals.
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Swindlers and swindling.
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Murderers.
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Investigative reporting -- United States.
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Reportage literature, American.
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Large type books.
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| Genre/Form |
Large type books.
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True crime stories.
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| Added Author |
Keefe, Patrick Radden, 1976-
Jefferson bottles.
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Keefe, Patrick Radden, 1976-
Crime family.
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Keefe, Patrick Radden, 1976-
Avenger.
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Keefe, Patrick Radden, 1976-
Empire of edge.
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Keefe, Patrick Radden, 1976-
Loaded gun.
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Keefe, Patrick Radden, 1976-
Hunt for El Chapo.
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Keefe, Patrick Radden, 1976-
Winning.
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Keefe, Patrick Radden, 1976-
Swiss bank heist.
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Keefe, Patrick Radden, 1976-
Prince of Marbella.
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Keefe, Patrick Radden, 1976-
Worst of the worst.
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| Added Title |
New Yorker (New York, N.Y. : 1925)
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| ISBN |
9780593607800 (large print ; paperback) |
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0593607805 (large print ; paperback) |
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