6/22/2023 0 Comments Rogues book patrick keefe![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Even when the subjects aren’t related, family ties can crop up. Amy Bishop, who murdered her colleagues in a fit of pique over being denied tenure and was later revealed to have been responsible for the death of her brother, Seth, years earlier. Ken Dornstein, who devoted much of his adult life to finding those responsible for the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, which killed his brother David. There’s Astrid Holleeder, who turned on her gangster brother, Wim, and now lives in hiding for fear of reprisals. ![]() In “ Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels, and Crooks” (out June 28), he collects 12 of his best essays from The New Yorker, demonstrating his ability to illuminate and illustrate what he calls “the permeable membrane separating the licit and illicit worlds, the bonds of family, and the power of denial.”įamily is a common thread through many of Keefe’s essays. Dorchester’s own Patrick Radden Keefe has achieved significant renown for his well-researched literary journalism, including “Empire of Pain,” his expose on the Sackler family and their complicity in the opioid epidemic, and “Say Nothing,” which explored the role of the IRA in the murder of Jean McConville. ![]()
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