The Informant: Movie Tie-In: A True Story (Random House Movie Tie-In Books) (The Informant: A True Story) - Softcover

Eichenwald, Kurt

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0767931254 ISBN 13: 9780767931250

Publisher: Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc), 2009

Synopsis

In The Informant, award-winning investigative reporter and New York Times bestselling author Kurt Eichenwald tells the outrageously true story of greed, corruption, and conspiracy that left the FBI and Justice Department counting on the cooperation of one man. Now headed for the silver screen, the film adaptation of The Informant is being directed by Academy Award-winning director Steven Soderbergh, with Matt Damon set to portray Marc Whitacre, the executive who wore a wire for the FBI as they tried to bring down corporate giant Archer Daniels Midland—but whose dark secrets and hidden agenda threatened to unravel one of the largest price-fixing cases in history.

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Review:

National Bestseller "Ranks with "A Civil Action" as one of the best nonfiction books of the last decade."--"The" "New York Times Book Review" "The most riveting tale of recent years... a fast-paced race-car of a book."--Salon.com "Reads like an Ed McBain crime novel. I knew how the story ended, but I still couldn't put the book down."--"The New York Times" "Gripping...A remarkable work and a compelling read....The intensity of reportage seems at times almost superhuman." --"Newsday" "One of the most compelling business narratives since "Barbarians at the Gate,"" --"BusinessWeek ""I guarantee it'll keep you reading late into the night." --Jonathan Harr, "A Civil Action """The Informant" is superb reporting in the service of a great story, one with the drama and suspense of a Le Carre novel." --James B. Stewart, "Den of Thieves" and "Blind Eye"

About the Author:

Kurt Eichenwald has written about white-collar crime and corporate cor-ruption for the New York Times for more than a decade. A two-time 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 Reporter as one of the nation's most influential financial journalists. For the Times, he has covered some of the highest-profile news stories emanating from the business world, including the Archer Daniels Midland story, and he is the author of Serpent on the Rock. Eichenwald lives in Westchester County, outside New York City, with his wife and three children.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc)
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0767931254
• ISBN 13: 9780767931250
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 656