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| Award | Year | Status | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction | 2015 | Winner |
About This Book
Sam Quinones traces the twin forces behind the American opioid crisis: the aggressive marketing of OxyContin by Purdue Pharma and a sophisticated drug-dealing network from a single Mexican town supplying black-tar heroin to communities across America. His narrative journalism revealed how corporate greed and despair collided to devastate entire regions. Winner of the NBCC Award for Nonfiction.
About the Author
Sam QuinonesAmerican
Sam Quinones is an American journalist and author born in 1958, raised in Claremont, California, who graduated from Claremont High School in 1977 and earned B. com. His 38-year career includes reporting for the Los Angeles Times (2004-2014), freelancing in Mexico for a decade, and authoring acclaimed narrative nonfiction books on Mexican migration and the U.S. Read more →
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