In “ Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels, and Crooks” (out June 28), he collects 12 of his best essays from The New Yorker, demonstrating his ability to illuminate and illustrate what he calls “the permeable membrane separating the licit and illicit worlds, the bonds of family, and the power of denial.”įamily is a common thread through many of Keefe’s essays. Dorchester’s own Patrick Radden Keefe has achieved significant renown for his well-researched literary journalism, including “Empire of Pain,” his expose on the Sackler family and their complicity in the opioid epidemic, and “Say Nothing,” which explored the role of the IRA in the murder of Jean McConville.
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