From the New York Times bestselling author of Dreamland, a searing follow-up that explores the terrifying next stages of the opioid epidemic and the quiet yet ardent stories of community repair.
Sam Quinones Orden de los libros (cronológico)
Sam Quinones es un periodista y autor reconocido por su obra de no ficción narrativa. Su escritura profundiza en complejos problemas sociales, humanizándolos a través de historias meticulosamente investigadas y cautivadoras. Quinones posee una notable habilidad para descubrir narrativas no contadas, desde las experiencias de los migrantes hasta el devastador impacto de la epidemia de opioides. Su voz distintiva y su profundo compromiso con la narración auténtica ofrecen a los lectores una visión profunda del tejido de la sociedad estadounidense.
"With a great reporter's narrative skill and the storytelling ability of a novelist, acclaimed journalist Sam Quinones weaves together two tales of capitalism catastrophically run amok. The unfettered prescribing of pain medications during the 1990s reached its peak in Purdue Pharma's campaign to market OxyContin, its new, expensive--extremely addictive--miracle painkiller. Meanwhile, a massive influx of black tar heroin--cheap, potent, and originating from one small county on Mexico's west coast, independent of any drug cartel--assaulted small towns and midsize cities across the country, driven by a brilliant, almost unbeatable marketing and distribution system. Together these phenomena continue to lay waste to communities from Tennessee to Oregon, Indiana to New Mexico"--Back cover