Overview

Full Product Details

9781982105327

Table of Contents

Reviews

A stunning story, and Eric Eyre tells it with compassion, grit, deep knowledge and the 'sustained outrage' (as he puts it) that is the rocket fuel of great journalism. --Dan Fagin, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Toms River Death in Mud Lick is simultaneously a gripping account of the corporate interests who started the opioid epidemic and a vivid illustration of the power of scrappy, relentless, investigative journalism. Eric Eyre is not just a great West Virginian; he's a national treasure. --Keith Humphreys, former White House drug policy adviser to Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama Death in Mud Lick is a riveting, intimate look at the corporate greed, regulatory failure and lobbying shenanigans that led to pill mills complete with courtesy snacks and cash registers so full they wouldn't close. --Beth Macy, author of Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company That Addicted America With searing storytelling and deep investigative reporting, Eric Eyre has written an indispensable book that you won't be able to put down. --Anna Sale, host of the podcast Death, Sex & Money Death in Mud Lick attaches names, stories, and vivid characters to the major public-health story of our times. --James Fallows, author of Our Towns: A 100,000-Mile Journey into the Heart of America At a time when real journalism is under attack, Death in Mud Lick stands as a clenched fist of rebuke ... Eyre's book is a thrilling recounting of how it all went down in the tradition of Call Northside 777 and Spotlight. --Brian Alexander, author of Glass House: The 1% Economy and the Shattering of the All-American Town One of Houston Chronicle's Most Anticipated Powerful . . . . [Eyre] writes with candor and gravity; a tensile rod of human decency braces every paragraph. . . . . [Death in Mud Lick] is the work of an author who understands that objectivity is not the same as bland neutrality. I expect it will be taught to aspiring reporters for many years to come. It's the story of an epidemic; it's also the story of a newspaper. --New York Times Death in Mud Lick is a product of one reporter's sustained outrage: a searing spotlight on the scope and human cost of corruption and negligence. --Washington Post At the Gazette-Mail, Eyre's career has been the stuff of quiet legend ... Eyre served his community in a time of need. With his new book, he took the death of a coal miner, William (Bull) Preece, found dead in a trailer in Mud Lick amid a residue of crushed pills, and told the how and the why. His reporting led to restrictions on prescriptions, greater tracking, more transparency. He shamed an industry and saved lives. Working at a small newspaper, Eyre made a big difference. --NewYorker.com [An] important new book . . . . Death in Mud Lick'' is more than a takedown of the out-of-state predators who exploited West Virginians for obscene profit; it's a 300-page rebuttal to those who dismiss honest reporting as #fakenews, or claim that journalism doesn't matter. . . . [and] a real-life legal thriller that barrels along like a runaway coal truck on Horsepen Mountain. --Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Compellingly told ... a tale of compassionate people deeply wronged and a dogged journalist who won't stand for it. --Booklist, starred review Packed with colorful details and startling statistics, this page-turning journalistic thriller shines a brilliant spotlight on a national tragedy. --Publishers Weekly, starred review Timely and well documented, with appeal to a broad range of readers. --Library Journal, starred review Disturbing, moving, and heart-wrenching... --Kirkus Reviews Compelling and terrifying... In many ways [Death in Mud Lick is] as interesting as a John Grisham courtroom thriller, featuring an extended series of legal actions, the requisite heroes and villains, and personal problems that add to the drama. --The Daily Beast

Author Information

Eric Eyre has been a newspaper reporter in West Virginia since 1998. In 2017, his investigation into massive shipments of opioids to the state's southern coalfields was awarded a Pulitzer Prize. He lives in Charleston, West Virginia, with his wife and son.

Tab Content 6

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

Countries Available