Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks by Patrick Radden Keefe

Pull up a chair by the window. Let the salt air drift in. This one is worth lingering over.

A New York Times Bestseller from Patrick Radden Keefe, the acclaimed author of Say Nothing and Empire of Pain, Rogues gathers twelve enthralling stories of skulduggery and intrigue—each one a small masterpiece of literary journalism.

Keefe has earned just about every honor a writer can collect: the National Magazine Award, the Orwell Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award. Here, he brings together a dozen of his most celebrated pieces from The New Yorker, exploring what he calls his “abiding preoccupations: crime and corruption, secrets and lies, the permeable membrane separating licit and illicit worlds.”

And what a cast of characters. You’ll meet:

• A forger crafting $150,000 vintage wines
• A whistleblower who exposed money laundering at a Swiss bank—hero or fabulist?
• Anthony Bourdain, on the move in Vietnam
• A cheerful international arms dealer, and the quest to bring him down
• A death penalty attorney who defends the “worst of the worst”

The result is a portrait of criminals and rascals that is endlessly fascinating and, somehow, deeply human.

The critics agree. Entertainment Weekly calls Keefe “a king of contemporary nonfiction.” NPR praises his “preternatural gift for reading people.” And Rachel Maddow simply calls him “a national treasure.”

Perfect for a rainy afternoon in the cove, or a long evening tucked under a blanket. Once you start, you won’t want to put it down.

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