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American Overdose : the opioid tragedy in three acts

American Overdose : the opioid tragedy in three acts Hardback - 2018

by Chris McGreal

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New York: Public Affairs. Very Good. Hardback. 2018. EX-LIBRARY but only lightly stamped. .
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  • Title American Overdose : the opioid tragedy in three acts
  • Author Chris McGreal
  • Binding Hardback
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 336
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Public Affairs, New York
  • Date 2018
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 16t
  • ISBN 9781610398619 / 1610398610
  • Weight 1.2 lbs (0.54 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.3 x 6.3 x 1.4 in (23.62 x 16.00 x 3.56 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 21st Century
  • Library of Congress subjects Drug abuse - United States, Chronic pain - Treatment - United States
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2018025909
  • Dewey Decimal Code 362.29

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Citations

  • Booklist, 11/01/2018, Page 4
  • Kirkus Reviews, 10/15/2018, Page 59
  • Library Journal, 01/01/0001, Page 81
  • Publishers Weekly, 09/24/2018, Page 0

About the author

Chris McGreal is a reporter for the Guardian and former journalist at the BBC. He was the Guardian's correspondent in Johannesburg, Jerusalem and Washington DC, and now writes from across the United States.

He has won several awards including for his reporting of the genocide in Rwanda, coverage of Israel/Palestine, and for writing on the impact of economic recession in modern America. He received the James Cameron prize for "work as a journalist that has combined moral vision and professional integrity". He was awarded the Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism for reporting that "penetrated the established version of events and told an unpalatable truth".

He is a former merchant seaman.