{"product_id":"rogues-true-stories-of-grifters-killers-rebels-and-crooks-1","title":"Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER - From the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eEmpire of Pain\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSay Nothing\u003c\/i\u003e--and one of the most decorated journalists of our time--twelve enthralling true stories of skulduggery and intrigue\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"An excellent collection of Keefe's detective work, and a fine introduction to his illuminating writing.\" --NPR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Fast-paced...Keefe is a virtuoso storyteller.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePatrick 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. \u003ci\u003eRogues\u003c\/i\u003e brings together a dozen of his most celebrated articles from \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e. 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.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKeefe 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe appearance of his byline in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e 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.","brand":"Doubleday Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51937022509287,"sku":"9780385548519","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_6227807a-93d8-4629-82d4-2f6bcb1bce43.jpg?v=1774996416","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/rogues-true-stories-of-grifters-killers-rebels-and-crooks-1","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}