A new book I like so far

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just finished the informant by kurt eichenwald: tells the story of the largest price fixing scandal ever - involving archer daniels midland and the executive who turned to expose it. reads like fiction because it is so outrageous. there are two parts to the story - the price fixing itself and the informant, marc whitacre, who turns out to be a complete psycho. eichenwald does the most thorough research of anyone i've ever read - his level of access allows him to recreate stories in such an exacting way. this book ruled.

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All of Eichenwald's stuff is great. His Enron book, "Conspiracy of Fools," reads like a thriller. I just finished "Serpent on the Rock," which is about limited-partnership scams in the 1980s. Great stuff.

I read all of the book threads, but a title I've never seen mentioned is "Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science" by Atul Gawande. It's remarkable.