Rogues patrick radden keefe review5/9/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() As Keefe observes 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.' Rogues brings together a dozen of his most celebrated articles from the New Yorker. Patrick Radden Keefe's work has been recognised by prizes ranging from the National Magazine Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award in the US to the Orwell Prize and the Baillie Gifford in the UK, for his meticulously reported, hypnotically engaging work on the many ways people behave badly. Highly entertaining' - Los Angeles Timesįrom the prize-winning, New York Times bestselling author of Say Nothing and Empire of Pain, twelve enthralling stories of skulduggery and intrigue by one of the most decorated journalists of our time. 'A new book by Keefe means drop everything and close the blinds you'll be turning pages for hours. A preternaturally attentive reporter at work' - The Observer 'Eminently bingeable, religiously fact-checked and seductively globetrotting. ![]()
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