World Literary Awards

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Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction べいりー・ぎふぉーど・ぷらいず

Edition 23 (2021)

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Investigative reporting that reveals the impact of the rise of the Sackler family and their pharmaceutical companies on America's opioid crisis through internal documents, court records, and victim testimony. A detailed depiction of corporate responsibility, weak regulation, and the harm that wealth and power cause to society.

Investigative reporting that reveals the impact of the rise of the Sackler family and their pharmaceutical companies on America's opioid crisis through internal documents, court records, and victim testimony.

opioid crisispharmaceutical industryinvestigative reportingcorporate ethicsmodern american history