21: Bringing Down the HouseThe Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions

Ben Mezrich

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21: Bringing Down the House

By: Ben Mezrich

Narrarated by: Johnny Heller

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." 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 know.

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EDITOR'S PICK // New York Times Best Seller
  • Edition: Unabridged
  • Author: Ben Mezrich (See All Books)
  • Date Released: Jun 18, 2008
  • Publisher: Audioworks
  • Genre: True Crime, Biography & Memoir, Recreation & Lifestyles

Total File Size: 215 MB (7 files) Total Length: 7 Hours, 50 Minutes

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Better than Movie but still a lot of fiction

rmartin

The book is interesting, because it is not nearly so fictional as the movie. Even so, it's still taking a straightforward story and excessively embellishing it (see Wikipedia entry on Bringing Down the House). But it's still really interesting to hear the core of the story. Like all crazy stories, you take the true with the apocryphal. The writing is a bit heavy handed and affected. The reader is equally affected. Still, I'm glad i listened to it.