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The Informant: A True Story is a nonfiction white-collar crime book written by journalist Kurt Eichenwald and published in 2000 by Random House. [1] It documents the mid-1990s lysine price-fixing conspiracy case and the involvement of Archer Daniels Midland executive Mark Whitacre , inspiring a 2009 film adaptation starring Matt Damon as Whitacre.
- Kurt Eichenwald
- 2000
Aug 28, 2000 · The title of the first edition of the book is "The Informant: A True Story." The title of the paperback movie tie-in (published in 2000) that I own is "The Informant! A True Story." I am always wary of book, and especially movie, titles that announce that the story is a “true story.” More times than not, it isn’t. But this one is.
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- Paperback
Jul 3, 2001 · Whitacre became sucked into his own world of James Bond antics, imperiling the criminal case and creating a web of deceit that left the FBI and prosecutors uncertain where the lies stopped and the truth began. Meticulously researched and richly told, The Informant re-creates the drama of the story, beginning with the secret recordings ...
- Kurt Eichenwald
- $16.57
- Broadway Books
Published by: Broadway Books. Release Date: July 3, 2001. Pages: 656. ISBN13: 978-0767903271. Buy the Book: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, IndieBound, Books-A-Million. Overview. From an award-winning New York Times investigative reporter comes an outrageous story of greed, corruption, and conspiracy—which left the FBI and Justice Department counting ...
Meticulously researched and richly told by New York Times senior writer Kurt Eichenwald, The Informant re-creates the drama of the story, beginning with the secret recordings, stakeouts, and interviews with suspects and witnesses to the power struggles within ADM and its board--including the high-profile chairman Dwayne Andreas, F. Ross Johnson, and Brian Mulroney--to the big-gun Washington ...
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- Kurt Eichenwald
Meticulously researched and richly told by New York Times senior writer Kurt Eichenwald, The Informant re-creates the drama of the story, beginning with the secret recordings, stakeouts, and interviews with suspects and witnesses to the power struggles within ADM and its board—including the high-profile chairman Dwayne Andreas, F. Ross Johnson, and Brian Mulroney—to the big-gun Washington ...
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The Informant: A True Story. Kurt Eichenwald. Crown, Oct 15, 2001 - True Crime - 624 pages. From an award-winning New York Times investigative reporter comes an outrageous story of greed, corruption, and conspiracy—which left the FBI and Justice Department counting on the cooperation of one man . . . It was one of the FBI's biggest secrets: a ...
