Bringing Down the House
The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions
$50.34
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
15 September 2003
Summary
The #1 national bestseller and basis for the hit film 21, this true story of an MIT blackjack team reveals how brilliant math students used card counting to beat Las Vegas casinos for millions–and lived to tell the tale.
Robin Hood meets the Rat Pack when the best and the brightest of M.I.T.’s math students and engineers take up blackjack under the guidance of an eccentric mastermind. Their small blackjack club develops from an experiment in counting cards on M.I.T.’s campus …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780743249997 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0743249992 |
| Author: | Ben Mezrich |
| Publisher: | Atria Books |
| Imprint: | Atria Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 15 September 2003 |
| Weight: | 227g |
| Dimensions: | 211mm x 140mm x 18mm |
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Rocky Mountain News(Denver)A lively tale that could pass for thriller fiction….Mezrich’s skilled yet easy writing draws sweat to the reader’s brow.
Rocky Mountain News (Denver) A lively tale that could pass for thriller fiction….Mezrich’s skilled yet easy writing draws sweat to the reader’s brow.
Bill Simmons ESPN THE magazine This book made me want to gamble! Vegas! Vegas!
About The Author
Ben Mezrich
Ben Mezrich graduated magna cum laude from Harvard. He has sold over ten million copies of his twenty-four published books, including the New York Times Bestsellers The Accidental Billionaires, which was adapted into the Academy Award-winning film The Social Network, and Bringing Down the House, which was the basis for the hit movie 21. His current bestseller The Antisocial Network is being adapted into the feature film Dumb Money. Ben has written and produced for the hit TV show Billions on Showtime, and he travels the world speaking to audiences of all ages about writing books and the adventures he has experienced from each of his stories. He lives in Boston with his wife, two kids, and two pugs.
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