Reading Room – June 2026

Philip Eil – Prescription for Pain: How a Once-Promising Doctor Became the “Pill Mill Killer” // This haunting and propulsive debut follows a journalist’s years-long investigation into his father’s old classmate: former high school valedictorian Paul Volkman, who once seemed destined for greatness after earning his MD and his PhD from the prestigious University of Chicago, but is now serving four consecutive life sentences at a federal prison in Arizona.


Discover more from I Heart Noise

Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.

Subscribe
Notify of
guest

0 Comments
Oldest
Newest Most Voted
Inline Feedbacks
View all comments