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A twotime winner of the prestigious george polk award for excellence in journalism and a finalist for the 2000 pulitzer prize, he has been repeatedly selected by tjfr business news. Meticulously researched and richly told by new york times senior writer kurt eichenwald, the informant recreates 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 boardincluding the highprofile chairman dwayne andreas, f. A true story, is the subject of the new movie starring matt damon. From an awardwinning new york times investigative reporter comes a gripping account of one of the most captivating and bizarre tales in the history of the fbi and corporate america. Kurt eichenwald talked about his book the informant. Kurt eichenwald, a seasoned whitecollarcrime reporter for the new york times, opens his gripping book with a quote from pirandellos six characters in search of an author, the first clue that truth would prove to be a slippery customer in this andmark case. A true story 9780767903264 by eichenwald, kurt and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. The informant is a nonfiction whitecollar crime book written by journalist kurt eichenwald and. However, in the informant i could not stop reading. Worst of all, he gives false stories to the media about being forced to destroy. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. See all books authored by kurt eichenwald, including conspiracy of fools. A true story a true story by kurt eichenwald by kurt eichenwald by kurt eichenwald.
The fix is in realaudio interview with mark whitacre and the books author, kurt. The key to the story is the informant himself, mark whitacre, the president of one of adms largest and most successful divisions. Published july 3rd 2001 by broadway books first published august 28th 2000. Host liane hansen speaks to investigative writer kurt eichenwald, whose book, the informant. Mark whitacre, a senior executive at archer daniels midlandamericas most politically powerful corporationbecame a confidential government witness. The book is about a sixyear fbi investigation of an international pricefixing conspiracy by archer. From an awardwinning new york times investigative reporter comes an outrageous story of greed, corruption, and conspiracywhich left the fbi and justice department counting on the cooperation of one man. Whitacre assisted the fbi in compiling hundreds of audio and video tapes, documenting adms price fixing this book was a tradeout between me and a friend. His most recent book, conspiracy of fools, on the enron scandal, was also a new york times bestseller. It documents the mid1990s lysine pricefixing conspiracy case and the involvement of archer daniels midland executive mark whitacre, inspiring a film adaptation starring matt damon as whitacre. Kurt alexander eichenwald born june 28, 1961 is an american journalist and a new york times bestselling author of five books, one of which, the informant 2000, was made into a motion picture in 2009.
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