by Kurt Eichenwald
The Informant by Kurt Eichenwald is one of those stories that's so strange, it's almost hard to believe. The movie, while it was pretty good, left out a whole lot of strange. The book digs deeper into the strange shenangians of Mark Whitacre. True, he was helping out the government at the time... bu...
I would probably give this one 3.5 stars if I could. I liked this a lot. The story was very engaging, especially since you know it is a true story. And I spent the entire novel wondering whether or not Whitacre was a good guy or not cause I seriously was just waiting for him to flip out or something...
This was a very "dry" read for me. I actually had to force myself to finish this book. It was a pretty amazing story, just too many details.
This non-fiction story is more interesting than any fictional crime detective story. I feel compelled to be a bit more enthusiastic than usual about this book to overcome the reaction of potential readers who are not interested in a story about price fixing at Archer Daniels Midland (ADM). That ma...
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