Bringing Down The House by Ben Mezrich - ISBN: 9780099468233
Paperback
MIT students. Vegas casinos. Millions won. True story heist.

Bringing Down The House

The Inside Story of Six MIT Students Who Took Vegas for Millions

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  • Paperback

    320 pages

  • Release Date

    1 July 2004

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Summary

A gripping real-life financial action thriller, telling the story of a brilliant team of MIT students who won millions of dollars in Las Vegas. Ocean’s Eleven, but for real.

Adapted into the box office hit heist drama film 21, starring Kevin Spacey and Kate Bosworth.

Real life all too rarely offers stories that are quite as satisfying as fiction. Bringing Down the House is one of the exceptions—a real-life action thriller oozing with money, sex, and some extr…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780099468233
ISBN-10:0099468239
Author:Ben Mezrich
Publisher:Cornerstone
Imprint:Arrow Books Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:320
Release Date:1 July 2004
Weight:226g
Dimensions:196mm x 130mm x 21mm
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Critics Review

… Bringing Down the House is a can’t-miss deal

… Bringing Down the House is a can’t-miss deal – Lorenzo CarcaterraA surreal cacophony of glamour, suspense and, eventually, terror. Part Tom Clancy, part Elmore Leonard…Gripping * The List *The tale laid out in Bringing Down the House is so beguiling, so agreeably reminiscent of, say Ocean’s Eleven or House of Games that you find yourself mentally casting the parts as you read along… A fine yarn’ Sunday TimesA lively tale that could pass for thriller fiction … Mezrich’s skilled yet easy writing draws sweat to the reader’s brow * Rocky Mountain News *Bringing Down the House has a sensational story to tell * Literary Review *Astonishing real life tale, with enough info to do it yourself * FHM *‘Seminal… Classic rags to riches, with lots of sex and plenty of danger, set in ever sparkling Las Vegas * Daily Mirror *Gripping. It is the gang’s constant fear of being unmasked that makes this book so exciting. [I read] this thrilling book in almost one sitting - it is, to use that cliche, ‘unputdownable’. A book that will surely become a classic of its genre * Sunday Express *

About The Author

Ben Mezrich

Ben Mezrich is the New York Times bestselling author of The Accidental Billionaires and Bringing Down the House in addition to many other books, both fiction and non-fiction. The major motion picture 21, starring Kevin Spacey, was based on Bringing Down the House. The Oscar-winning film The Social Network was adapted from The Accidental Billionaires. Mezrich lives in Boston with his wife and son.

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