21: Bringing Down the House - Movie Tie-In
21: Bringing Down the House - Movie Tie-In: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions Ben Mezrich,
Publisher: Free Press
ISBN: 1416564195
DDC: 364.1720922
Edition: Paperback; 2008-01-29
Summary:
The long-running New York Times bestseller that has become a cultural
phenomenon, Bringing Down the House is an action-filled caper carried
out by the unlikeliest of cons -- supersmart geeks. Gambling pervaded
the M.I.T. campus, and genius kids with money and glittering futures
were just as likely to be found in a Paradise Island casino as in the
school library. A highly elite group of mathletes was recruited to
join The Club, a small, secret blackjack organization dedicated to
counting cards and beating the major casinos across the nation at
their own game. As a successful ring of card savants, backed by a
mysterious ringleader and shadowy investors, they infiltrated Vegas
and won millions. The Boston Herald acclaimed it as "a suspenseful
tale that portrays the players as Davids going up against Goliaths."
And Bill Simmons of ESPN magazine exclaimed, "This book made me want
to gamble! Vegas! Vegas!" Filled with tense action, high stakes, and
incredibly close calls, Bringing Down the House is a nail-biting
chronicle of a real-life Ocean's Eleven. It's one story that Vegas
does not want you to read.
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