Bottle of Lies
The Inside Story of the Generic Drug Boom
by Katherine Eban (Ecco, 2019)
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2019
New York Public Library Best Books of 2019
Kirkus Reviews Best Health and Science Books of 2019
Science Friday Best Books of 2019
“This book will save lives...What Rachel Carson did for our understanding of the perils facing the environment Katherine Eban has now done for our understanding of the threats to our health from the drugs we take every day. Bottle of Lies is Katherine Eban’s masterwork of global investigative reporting.”
—James Risen, Pulitzer Prize winner and author of Pay Any Price and State of War
“A shocking exposé of corporate greed, arrogance, and eagerness to exploit the weak for profit....Bottle of Lies is an important work of investigative journalism. Anyone who takes prescription drugs should read it.”
—Eric Schlosser, author of Command and Control and Fast Food Nation
“Bottle of Lies is a tour de force of dogged reporting. In her bracing, panoramic account, Katherine Eban expertly unspools a colossal fraud with momentous implications for public health...This book is so alarming in places that it reads like a dystopian medical thriller. But it’s true.”
—Patrick Radden Keefe, author of Say Nothing and The Snakehead
“Propulsive...astounding...disturbing”
—NPR.org
“Gripping...Riveting and increasingly foreboding...Eban’s pacing, along with a structure that makes this astonishingly complex story easy to follow, gives the book a rough, unforced elegance...An invaluable exposé, a reportorial tour de force and a well-turned epic.”
—New York Times
“An urgent, alarming work of health reporting that will make you question every drug in your medicine cabinet.”
—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)