New Yorker staff writer Patrick Radden Keefe has become one of a small number of narrative non-fiction writers whose latest book is keenly anticipated. He has become such a byword for a certain kind of investigative reporting, he even cameoed as himself in the final scene of HBO hit series, Industry, this year. His fifth book, London Falling, has been eagerly awaited, largely thanks to the impact of his last two books, which minted his sterling reputation.
His 2018 book on the Troubles in Northern Ireland, Say Nothing, won the Orwell Prize and was adapted for a 2024 streaming series. His 2021 book about the opioid epidemic and the culpability of the Sackler family, Empire of Pain, was also adapted for streaming (as Painkiller) in 2023. (He has also published a collection of his magazine articles, Rogues. And his first book, Chatter, was published in 2005.)
