アメリカのオピオイド危機（麻薬系鎮痛剤の過剰摂取問題）を引き起こした製薬会社パーデュー・ファーマの創業者一家、米富豪サックラー一族の内幕を明かす衝撃のノンフィクション。Selected as a 2021 Obama's Summer Reading List. Selected as a New York Times Notable Books of 2021. Shortlisted for the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year 2021. Selected as one of The Economist Best Books of the Year 2021. Winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2021. Empire of Pain is the story of the Sackler dynasty, their company Purdue Pharma, its bestselling drug OxyContin, their immensely generous philanthropy and their involvement in the opioid crisis that has created millions of addicts, even as it generated billions of dollars in profit.