Good evening everybody, what an audience if you have not good evening everybody, what an audience photography and video is prohibited during tonights event. Welcome to the free library of philadelphia, i am a producer and editor here and tonight it is my pleasure to introduce Patrick Wright and keith patrick. And master of narrative nonfiction, he is the author of the New York Times best s e, the secret history of the secularller dynasty the New York Times bestseller, the secret history of the sackler dynasty. He is also an Award Winning staff writer and the author of the other books. The snake head, an epic hill of the tail of the American Dream and he wrote and hosted the podcast wind of change, selected as the podcast of 2020 by the guardian. It was us with his latest book, true stories of grifters, killers, rebels, and crooks. Writing about such individuals, and swift money launderers, this is a collection of 12 of his articles about corruption, fraud, and power. The stories he wri
Nonfiction, he is the author of the New York Times best s e, the secret history of the secularller dynasty the New York Times bestseller, the secret history of the sackler dynasty. He is also an Award Winning staff writer and the author of the other books. The snake head, an epic hill of the tail of the American Dream and he wrote and hosted the podcast wind of change, selected as the podcast of 2020 by the guardian. It was us with his latest book, true stories of grifters, killers, rebels, and crooks. Writing about such individuals, and swift money launderers, this is a collection of 12 of his articles about corruption, fraud, and power. The stories he writes in the books prologue shows crime and corruption, secrets and lies, as a permeable membrane separating illicit wolds. Worlds. What shines through most brightly is his fascination of what makes us most human. We will be in conversation with carolyn, a National Features wri ter, and a finalist for the 2001 full surprise. Without fu
Thera author of the New York Times bestseller, empire of tang, a critical history of the family sponge for marketing it was a National Book critics circle nominee. Ah, much better. [laughter] okeefe is an awardwinning staff writer at the new yorker and the author of the National Book critics circle award winner, say nothing. The snakehead, an epic tale of the chinatown underworld and the American Dream and chatter dispatches from the secret world of global eaves eavesdropping. His other honors include a guggenheim fellowship. He wrote and hosted the podcast winds of change, selected as the numb one podcast of 2020 by the guardian. He joinspo us tonight with his latest book, rogues true stories of grifters, killers, rebels and crooks. Writing about such disreputable figureses such as lying counterfeiters, illegal arms traffickers and swiss money launderers, rogues is a collectioner of 12 new yorker articlesbo about, you guessed i, corruption, fraud and power. These stories, he writes mt
The New York Times best s e, the secret history of the secularller dynasty the New York Times bestseller, the secret history of the sackler dynasty. He is also an Award Winning staff writer and the author of the other books. The snake head, an epic hill of the tail of the American Dream and he wrote and hosted the podcast wind of change, selected as the podcast of 2020 by the guardian. It was us with his latest book, true stories of grifters, killers, rebels, and crooks. Writing about such individuals, and swift money launderers, this is a collection of 12 of his articles about corruption, fraud, and power. The stories he writes in the books prologue shows crime and corruption, secrets and lies, as a permeable membrane separating illicit wolds. Worlds. What shines through most brightly is his fascination of what makes us most human. We will be in conversation with carolyn, a National Features wri ter, and a finalist for the 2001 full surprise. Without further ado, join me in welcoming
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