The Informant (book)

The Informant: A True Story

Author	Kurt Eichenwald
Language	English
Subject	Lysine price-fixing conspiracy
Publisher	Random House (hardback) Broadway Books (paperbacks)
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages	624 (hardback) 656 (trade paperback and movie tie-in edition)
ISBN	978-0-7679-0326-4
OCLC	44045679
Dewey Decimal	364.16/8/0973 1
LC Class	HV8144.F43 E53 2000

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.