21 Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six MIT Students Who Took Vegas for Millions - Softcover

Mezrich, Ben

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1416564195 ISBN 13: 9781416564195

Publisher: Atria Books, 2008

Synopsis

Recounts the story of how a notorious gang of MIT blackjack savants devised and received backing for a system for winning at the world's most sophisticated casinos, an endeavor that earned them more than three million dollars. Originally published as Bringing Down the House. Reissue. (A Columbia Pictures film, written by Peter Steinfeld & Allan Loeb, directed by Robert Luketic, releasing March 2008, starring Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth, Laurence Fishburne, Jim Sturgess, & others) (Current Affairs)

About this title

Review:

"[A] high-octane tale with rich, sharp dialogue, bordering on Elmore Leonard turf...Bringing Down the House is a can't-miss deal." (Lorenzo Carcaterra)

"A 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 Times)

"An extraordinary story- [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)

From the Publisher:

A gripping real-life thriller, which tells the story of a brilliant team of MIT students who won millions at Las Vegas. Oceans’ Eleven, but for real.

About this edition

• Publisher: Atria Books
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1416564195
• ISBN 13: 9781416564195
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 273