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Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks | Patrick Radden Keefe
From the prize-winning, New York Times bestselling author of Say Nothing and Empire of Pain, twelve enthralling stories of misbehavior and skullduggery by one of the most decorated journalists of our time. "I read everything he writes. Every time he writes a book, I read it. Every time he writes an article, I read it. . . . He's a national treasure." --Rachel Maddow, host of MSNBC's The Rachel Maddow Show and author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Blowout Patrick Radden Keefe has garnered prizes ranging from National Magazine Awards to the Orwell Prize for Political Writing to the National Book Critics Circle Award for his meticulously-reported, hypnotically-engaging work on the many ways people behave badly. In this collection, Keefe brilliantly chronicles the surprisingly corporate business practices of narcotraffickers, explores the intricacies of forging $150,000 vintage wines, tells the fate of a whistle-blower who dared to expose money laundering at a Swiss bank, and profiles the charmed life of a cheerful international black market arms merchant, among other bravura works of literary journalism. The appearance of his byline in The New Yorker 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, but also those who stand up against them.
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CatMS
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Third time I have checked out from my local library, should probably buy the book as I like delving in from time to time reading about grifters, killers, rebels, and crooks. The story on Anthony Bourdain is almost worth the price alone, and I have learned to despise Mark Burnett. So many great stories and interviews. Patrick Radden Keefe is an author to read.

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jlhammar
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๐Ÿ’šPRK! Glad I finally got around to reading this one (I bought it right when it came out, months ago). Some of the pieces in this collection (all originally published in The New Yorker) grabbed me more than others, but all are examples of outstanding journalism. The Amy Bishop story, A Loaded Gun, was the stand-out for me.

Prairiegirl_reading I will read anything he writes! 3w
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Scribblewitch
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Listened to this one while working today - this chapter *felt* out of place despite the word โ€˜killers‘ being in the list on front. I think I just don‘t associate the word โ€˜rogue‘ with a workplace murder, but maybe that‘s a me problem.

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Kat.Kao
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A collection of his New Yorker articles. I‘m a fan of Say Nothing and Empire of Pain, and these stories have the in depth investigation and humanizing, engaging storytelling that those books do. If you like long form pieces about criminals and scammers, check this book out. Then read his books!

CatMS "Say Nothing" was outstanding so far my favorite of the authors books. "Empire of Pain" also outstanding and was dense with research. 7d
Kat.Kao @CatMS I love how well researched his books are! And the storytelling is so compelling. 7d
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Scochrane26
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Audiobook. This is a series of articles published in the New Yorker by Keefe. They were all new to me, some were more interesting than others. I knew nothing about El Chapo, so that was one of my favorites. Recommend if you like a variety of subjects.

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SamAnne
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I'm a big PRK fan. LOVED Say Nothing and Empire of Pain. For me this was a so-so read, not because the long-form journalism pieces weren't well-written, but because I'd already read a number of them in the New Yorker. But also, some of them were written as timely pieces at one point in time, and a lot of water has flowed under the bridge. The pieces on Trump and Anthony Bourdain in particular felt very dated.

SamAnne The chapter I found most fascinating was a look at the underbelly of the wine world, focused on a shuckster wine connoisseur passing off fake bottles of wine supposedly once owned by Thomas Jefferson and found in a wall in Paris. 3mo
Scochrane26 I was listening to this one, had to return to the library but got it back quickly. I‘m about halfway, so far, I liked the El Chapo chapter because I knew nothing about him. The wine story was good, too. 3mo
SamAnne @Scochrane26 I liked that one tooโ€”I‘d read it before. It was timely since they just captured El Chapo‘s son in Mexico. 3mo
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JoeMo
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This was an absorbing collection of long-form articles written by the author. I don‘t really read detailed pieces like these anymore. Most of the subjects were really interesting characters. I struggled a bit with the ones about financial fraud and an arms dealer. 4/5

#bookspinbingo

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DisneyFan
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Picked up since I loved Empire of Pain by the same author. These were articles published by the author over the years and were engrossing and eye opening.

#bookspinbingo
#litsylovereads

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fredthemoose
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โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ This was greatโ€”loved the more bite-sized essay format. Keefe is a fantastic writer and long form journalist. A couple of the essays slugged a bit, or maybe I just wasn‘t that interested in the topic, but I devoured most of them.

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Jas16
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There aren‘t many writers of nonfiction whose books are automatically added to my TBR but Patrick Radden Keefe definitely tops that list. This collection of previously released articles was great on audio. I was barely finished with the first one before I was recommending this to all of the audiobook lovers I know.

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kbuggle
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Fantastic audiobook read by the author- a collection of previously published stories.

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EmilieGR
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Each essay was more enthralling than the last! I couldn‘t wait to pick up this book each time I put it down. Keefe has a way of making fact more awful, more beautiful, and more interesting than fiction. After hearing he narrated the audiobook, I‘m tempted to go for round 2.

CatMS Didn't know he narrated the audio book, will have to listen once I have finished reading. 7d
CatMS Love the cat pic. 7d
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Suet624
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(A view last night from the home I lived in for 20+ years before my divorce. Iโ€˜m housesitting which is an odd concept butโ€ฆ) I listened to this, read by Keefe, and it was terrific. Long essays written for The New Yorker of some shysters, grifters, and killers. One essay was about a murder that tied back to a story of the killerโ€˜s childhood, all of which took place in the town I grew up in. Keefe is an automatic read for me.

Jas16 Just started this audiobook this morning! 7mo
Leftcoastzen So beautiful! 7mo
Suet624 @Jas16 great! Hope you like it as much as I did. ๐Ÿ˜Š 7mo
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BarbaraBB That pic! Book sounds good too but I wonder if it might be too American (read: unknown author/subject/stories) for me 7mo
Suet624 @BarbaraBB That's an interesting question. The Goodreads synopsis would give you an idea of some of the topics. Also if you've read Say Nothing or Empire of Pain written by Keefe you'll notice how he weaves technical detail amidst the subject's personal life and makes it very readable. If you've never read anything by Keefe I'd suggest Say Nothing. 7mo
Suet624 @Leftcoastzen Isn't it? Every day it's a different look. 7mo
Suet624 I also meant to add that I so appreciate The New Yorker for publishing and supporting Ronan Farrow and Patrick Radden Keefe's work. 7mo
BarbaraBB Thanks Sue! I‘ll first try that one! ๐Ÿ˜˜ 7mo
Megabooks What a pretty view and how hard it must‘ve been to have to give it up. Rogues was a great book. 7mo
Suet624 @Megabooks You might know how this feels... at the end I couldn't see any of the beauty of the place at all. I was pretty miserable. I have many friends living there still and I get to housesit at a lot of the houses or visit friends so I still have access to the place. And, oddly enough, my ex and I are pretty friendly now so I get invited to dinner often :) Life is weird. 7mo
Megabooks I understand what you‘re saying. One place I lived in my 30s was very beautiful, but by the end, I was so frustrated and downtrodden that I was happy to leave. I‘m glad it sounds like you‘re at peace with your situation, though. ๐Ÿ’œ 7mo
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RamsFan1963
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115/150 I don't know what I can add to all the other positive reviews on Litsy. It is a fascinating collections of essays, about some bad people, anti-heroes and rebels (as the cover says). Finishing with Anthony Bourdain was the highlight, but also very sad knowing his fate. 4 โญโญโญโญ

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Mitch
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Every essay is brilliantly crafted - taking complicated politics, relationships, allegiance and circumstance and crafting the narrative like a closely wound story. He‘s a genius at his craft! Some pieces I enjoyed more than others of course - but all were rich, deeply researched and full of humanity. There‘s one I can‘t stop telling everyone about and might make it my Mastermind specialist subject!

Suet624 I just finished it. Which story are you referring to? 7mo
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Every chapter contained an in-depth look at bad guys (Anthony Bourdain excepted). My fave was the chapter about producer Mark Burnett, the man who truly made Donald Trump. Dang was that enlightening (& a lot scary). One chapter uncovered the true culprits in the Lockerbie bombing, much of the sleuthing taking place in #Libya. In another we learn how the most abundant natural resource (iron) in #Guinea was swindled into an outsider‘s hands. โฌ‡๏ธ

Texreader Some of the chapters were enthralling. One or two just lost me, which I think was a factor of listening rather than reading the book when names sounded so much alike, but also some topics were less than exciting. Still, brilliantly done overall. #readingafrica2022 @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB (edited) 7mo
Cinfhen I LOVED this one!! Agreed, a few stories were less interesting than others but still a fascinating book- I especially โ€œenjoyedโ€ the Boston Marathon Bomber story 7mo
Librarybelle I really need to read this one! 7mo
Texreader @Cinfhen I enjoyed that one, too, especially as a former trial court lawyer (but civil). 7mo
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Addison_Reads
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I will read anything this author writes!

I loved how this was broken down with each chapter being about someone different. Keefe always delivers a well researched point of view that leaves me contemplating things. Some information in this I knew, but a lot of it was new to me.

This worked really well as an audiobook too.

jlhammar Me too! Can't wait to start this one! 7mo
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Cinfhen
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Loved this NF collection of story pieces written by Patrick Radden Keefe, which were originally published in THE NEW YORKER magazine. His audio narration was outstanding. While I found some stories more interesting than others, each piece was written objectively and with candor and sensitivity. I love expanding my โ€œknowledge โ€œ in snippets ๐Ÿ˜œ

Megabooks So glad you enjoyed this too!! 7mo
Cinfhen Loved it!!!! @Megabooks 7mo
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rockpools I‘m pretty sure I have one of his books on Kjndle. Should maybe bump it up the list. 8mo
Cinfhen His books are EXCELLENT @rockpools 8mo
Megabooks I used this for Guinea. Really interesting essay! 8mo
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Cinfhen I thought they were all fantastic @Megabooks and more than one could have worked for #ReadingAfrica22 8mo
Suet624 Oh! I have to find this! Love this author. 8mo
Cinfhen It‘s sooooo good @Suet624 try to find the audio if you can 8mo
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Cinfhen
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This is really fantastic!! Definitely making my #Top22 list

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Cinfhen
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Still LOVING the audio and the first person narrative stories. This current story is about the PanAm Lockerbie aviation terror attack. And it‘s focusing on #Libya #ReadingAfrica22 just in case anyone needs that country ๐Ÿ˜‰ This story also mentions #Togo and #Senegal

Librarybelle Thanks for posting the other countries too! 8mo
Cinfhen If I‘m being honest the #Togo #Senegal connection is much more of a mention @Librarybelle but ๐Ÿ’ฏ Libya works๐Ÿ˜ 8mo
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Christine
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How does Patrick Radden Keefe make everything so interesting?! I donโ€˜t read his magazine pieces but clearly should, because each one in this collection was excellent. Still havenโ€˜t read Say Nothing, must get to it!

JamieArc I have Say Nothing planned to read this month. Good to know he is an engaging writer! 8mo
keithmalek Say Nothing is OUTSTANDING! 8mo
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Christine @JamieArc He so is! Though the story is depressing and infuriating I loved 8mo
Christine @keithmalek @kspenmoll I need to bump it higher on the TBR! 8mo
Suet624 I‘m here to join the chorus about Say Nothing. It‘s a must read. Regarding this book, I‘m so impressed that he can make every topic so interesting and detailed. Yet I never ever get bored by too much detail. I also appreciate the New Yorker for publishing his work. 7mo
Christine @Suet624 He is so good. And that‘s it, I‘m definitely putting Say Nothing on my fall TBR! 7mo
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Cinfhen
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This is GREAT!!! And I love the author‘s narration ๐ŸŽง๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿปโฃ๏ธ

Cinfhen Ohhhhh, and apparently there‘s a #ReadingAfrica22 connection ๐Ÿ˜ @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB - I‘ll let you know 8mo
Librarybelle Yes! Other Littens have used this one for #Guinea ! 8mo
Cinfhen Yay @Librarybelle that‘s an obscure country ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿป 8mo
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RamsFan1963 I think I'm going to switch over to the audio version, I'm having trouble getting into my print copy. It needs to go back to the library soon. 8mo
Cinfhen I like it on audio a lot @RamsFan1963 it feels more like im listening to a podcast and it‘s easy to dip in and out of each story without losing your place in the narrative 8mo
BarbaraBB I just read a book for Guinea. I had probably preferred this one ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ 8mo
Cinfhen I‘m looking forward to see which story involves #Guinea @BarbaraBB just saw your email Squeeeeee so excited for you ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต 8mo
BarbaraBB And I for you ๐ŸŒถ 8mo
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โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ Keefe is a master of narrative nonfiction! There are few things I enjoy more, honestly. This collection of #TheNewYorker articles is thoughtful and respectful even when perhaps the subject matter doesn‘t deserve such grace, though some surely do. There‘s fraud, corruption, and many stories that toe the line of illicit and legit. Unsurprisingly, the Anthony Bourdain essay was my favorite. The death row attorney, a close second. Riveting!

Texreader I‘ve just started chapter 3. It is indeed excellent 8mo
britt_brooke @Texreader So good!! I‘m so happy you‘re enjoying it, too. ๐Ÿ’š 8mo
Cinfhen I‘ve already stacked - now #MustFind ๐Ÿ˜ 8mo
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Hooked_on_books I loved this one! And I wasn‘t surprised by that factโ€”he‘s a fabulous writer and researcher. 8mo
britt_brooke @Cinfhen I think you‘ll like this! 8mo
britt_brooke @Hooked_on_books He‘s pretty incredible! 8mo
kspenmoll Oh I love this author & want to read this! Nice review! 8mo
fredthemoose Loved Empire of Pain and am looking forward to this one. If you have any other narrative nonfiction recommendations, please let me know! 8mo
CaramelLunacy Just finished Empire of Pain and loved Say Nothing, so definitely adding this to the holds list 8mo
britt_brooke @kspenmoll Thank you! 8mo
britt_brooke @CaramelLunacy I haven‘t read Say Nothing (yet), but Empire of Pain was fascinating. He‘s coming to here (Nashville) for a book festival in October and I‘m hoping to hear him speak. But I‘ll be at the mercy of my sons‘ soccer schedules. ๐Ÿ˜ฉ 8mo
britt_brooke @fredthemoose Sure thing!! 8mo
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My next audiobook. Using this for #Guinea #readingsfrica2022 thanks to @Hooked_on_books recommendation. @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB

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Honestly, I could talk about the stories in Rogues for hours. Each and every one is masterfully crafted, perfectly balanced, and totally gripping. Full review: https://keepingupwiththepenguins.com/rogues-patrick-radden-keefe/

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Hooked_on_books
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I don‘t think there‘s anything better in nonfiction that a compelling writer who is also an outstanding researcher. And PRK is that exactly. I really enjoyed this collection of his long form pieces, one of which was happily about #Guinea! I think he‘s just fabulous.

#ReadingAfrica2022

Librarybelle I have to read this! So many great reviews about this one! 8mo
Texreader I am so happy to find a book that will work for #Guinea! 8mo
Hooked_on_books @Texreader I was delighted, too! I had nothing listed as an option even. I love it when that happens! 8mo
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Floresj
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An interesting collection of essays about wine forgers, arms dealers, Anthony Bourdain, Mark Burnett, and Judy Clarke. Simultaneously, I felt like my life is really bland and completely absorbed in the craziness of pretending to buy arms from an international arms broker. Some essays are fantastic, some are ok, all told with enough humanity that made them so intriguing.

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Mitch
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I‘m not usually a lover of essays - they end at the point my questions are mounting! But he‘s SO good - this has got to be brilliant, right?

SamAnne I will read anything he writes! 8mo
AmyG I would love to know how this is. 8mo
Mitch @SamAnne that was my thought too! 8mo
Mitch @AmyG ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ 8mo
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Grabbed this 500 piece puzzle thinking it would be easy โ€ฆ but it‘s sheer misery. ๐Ÿ˜… At least I have a good book in my ears! #audiopuzzling

RaeLovesToRead What puzzle is this? I love it! 8mo
RaeLovesToRead I love it, but I doubt they ship to the UK. (Also, my Mum will kill me if I buy any more jigsaws. We have about 15-20 still to do, but Dad has claimed the table for his synthesiser exploits ๐Ÿ˜…) 8mo
britt_brooke @RaeLovesToRead ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚ Yeah, my puzzling habit is almost as bad as my book one. Accumulating them is a hobby all it‘s own! 8mo
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Okay. So. I really enjoyed this author, he may be my current favorite non-fiction author at the moment.
Like most all short collections I found that some stories were incredibly interesting and I wanted so much more about them I was googling and looking for photos and things. And then others I just wanted them to be over almost before they began because I was not interested.
Overall I liked most of the stories but I did skip through a few

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Oh this is good! Keefe is a great nonfiction writer and these collected stories from the New Yorker vary greatly but are all interesting. From El Chapo to Anthony Bourdain, each piece is thoroughly realized but not overly long. I learned so much more of the story behind big headlines. The man who โ€œmadeโ€ Trump, Mark Burnett has his own feature. I didn‘t even know who he was prior to this book. He created the show The Apprentice ๐Ÿ˜‘

JuniperWilde I heard him interviewed on CBC last week and I‘ve read a few of his NY articles. Sounds like a captivating read. 9mo
Megabooks Yes! This was so fantastic!! 9mo
Chelsea.Poole @JuniperWilde I was fascinated! And I listened to the audio which was narrated by the author and very good! 9mo
Chelsea.Poole @Megabooks I‘ve loved everything I‘ve read of his! 9mo
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Longform journalism is where it‘s at, and I loved this collection of Keefe‘s articles from the New Yorker!

I had a great side email with @BarbaraBB after reading his piece on Dutch organized crime. He covered controversial figures like Mark Burnett, the creator of The Apprentice, and his support of 45. There was a heartbreaking piece about a lawyer trying to protect clients from the death penalty. And it ends with his profile of Bourdain. โฌ‡๏ธ

Megabooks There is a piece on the democratically elected President of #Gambia, who has since been deposed in a coup, and mining rights to the country. #ReadingAfrica2022 @BarbaraBB @Librarybelle 9mo
squirrelbrain Definitely want to get to this one soon! 9mo
JenReadsAlot I really want to read this one! 9mo
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Megabooks @squirrelbrain @JenReadsAlot I hope you both get to it! It‘s fantastic! 9mo
Librarybelle Awesome! 9mo
batsy This sounds great. Scratch a little deeper and almost all enterprises around us seem to involve a level of skulduggery ๐Ÿ˜ต 9mo
ChaoticMissAdventures Reading this now. I love how it is true crime short stories and they are all so different and interesting. 9mo
Chelsea.Poole I have this one checked out. Your review makes me excited to get started. ๐Ÿ‘ 9mo
BarbaraBB I think I need it too! 9mo
Megabooks @Librarybelle ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป 9mo
Megabooks @batsy true, and a lot of this was him scratching deeper into people who have amoral dealings. It was great being introduced to situations and people I knew nothing about! 9mo
Megabooks @ChaoticMissAdventures ๐Ÿ’ฏ๐Ÿ’ฏ I learned so much and was engaged the whole time! 9mo
Megabooks @Chelsea.Poole I hope you got the audiobook because he does a fantastic job!! 9mo
Megabooks @BarbaraBB I know you don‘t read a lot of NF, but I think you‘ll appreciate/enjoy this. Quite a few of the essays have an international focus, whether it‘s the kidnapping of Heineken or El Chapo‘s escape and capture or a Syrian arms dealer, and the articles about the US are about things that don‘t get any or adequate treatment by CNN, for example. ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป 9mo
Megabooks @Riveted_Reader_Melissa I think you should get this out too. And I finished one today that I‘ll tag you in the review of that I think you‘ll enjoy too. 9mo
BarbaraBB That sounds real interesting! 9mo
vivastory Great review, Meg!! I can't wait to read this one. Thanks for tagging me. 9mo
Hooked_on_books I‘m really looking forward to this one! 9mo
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Megabooks this one looks very interesting, and I definitely need to start reading more. I‘ll check out your other review too. 9mo
Cinfhen This one sounds great!!! I‘m thinking of going print!! 9mo
Amiable I loved the two nonfiction books I read by him, so I‘ll definitely be picking this one up too. 9mo
britt_brooke I‘m reading this now! He‘s going to be at the Southern Festival of Books in October and I‘m super hopeful soccer isn‘t pulling us in all directions that weekend (because H‘s team will travel now, too ๐Ÿ˜…), so I can see him. ๐Ÿคž๐Ÿผ 9mo
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And in other great book newsโ€ฆI got this on #NewReleaseTuesday from the library!! New PRK = great day ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป๐ŸŽง

Cinfhen Ohhhh, NICE!!! Very exciting 9mo
Megabooks @Cinfhen it‘s up after I finish the Waxman I think!!! ๐Ÿค” (edited) 9mo
jlhammar Can‘t wait to read this one! 9mo
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Megabooks @jlhammar I‘m almost three hours in. I love the essay format. He is such a fantastic writer, and they‘re finally letting him read his own work! 9mo
vivastory Ah, didn't see the tag until just now ๐Ÿ˜ฉThe next few weeks is an embarrassment of riches in terms of new releases! I selected the new Blake Crouch as my BOTM, but I bought the new Riley Sager. Next week is the new Paul Tremblay AND the new PR Keefe out this week! All of them are auto buy authors for me! Did you see that Keefe was on Seth Meyers last night? (edited) 9mo
Megabooks @vivastory truth friend! It is a great summer! I finished the Sager Monday (didn‘t tag you because I know you like to go in cold) and also selected the Crouch as one of my BOTM books. This is a collection of his long form pieces for the New Yorker. I am very hit or miss on keeping magazines around, so I am glad to have them collected here, but I think you do subscribe(??) so you may have read some as they came out. Anyway, I‘m 43% into thanks to 9mo
Megabooks @vivastory some gardening, laundry, and a long dog walk. Anyway, it‘s quite good having them collected here! And no I didn‘t see him on Seth Meyers. My bedtime is far too early for that! SOMETIMES I see the opening of Fallon but I rarely make it to the guests. I‘m an early bed/early riser. (edited) 9mo
vivastory @Megabooks All of the Keefe pieces will be new to me. I used to have a subscription to NY Review of Books, but it expired & although I was tempted to renew I simply couldn't justify it due to how many unread issues I had accumulated. As I have mentioned before I love longform non-fiction, so I am very much looking forward to it. I usually catch up on my late night segments on youtube. If interested here is a link to the interview 9mo
Megabooks @vivastory This is probably going to be among the stranger things I say to you, but I often forget about YouTube. I just don‘t use it very often unless it‘s like diy around the house stuff. ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ HOWEVER I watched it and Patrick is a gem. THEN I watched this author get interviewed. And idk how this dark and emotionally complex book came out of such a bubbly girl, but she deserves all the praise she‘s getting! 9mo
Megabooks @vivastory hereโ€˜s the interview with Leila if you missed it. You can definitely tell she knows this character while reading the book. https://youtu.be/PZav37VBUSg 9mo
vivastory I DID miss the interview with Leila but I recall several reviews of this book on Litsy that really intrigued me! For all of Colbert's LOTR knowledge, IMO Seth Meyer's is the most โ€œliteraryโ€œ of the late night talk show hosts (with the exception of Trevor Noah). He frequently interviews authors, often lit fic authors such as Brandon Taylor & Anthony Doerr. I vividly recall during the BLM protests after Floyd's murder that he had a stack of books by (edited) 9mo
vivastory Black authors behind him for months while filming. They included both fiction & nf and it was a simple, but powerful visual. It just always stuck with me. 9mo
Megabooks @vivastory I think I remember seeing the book stack by Black authors on other media. Very striking support. I‘ll have to watch for favorite authors to be on the show 9mo
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Described as โ€œtwelve enthralling stories of skullduggeryโ€œ by one of the greats. Yes, please:
https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/patrick-radden-keefe-an...

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