by Ben Mezrich · Arrow · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780099468233
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«Bringing Down the House» is Ben Mezrich's nonfiction chronicle, published by Arrow in paperback (320 pages, in English).
It reconstructs the true story of six MIT students who develop a card-counting system to win at blackjack in Las Vegas casinos. With mathematical skill, the team accumulates millions, but their success leads them into a world of excess, surveillance, and threats as they try to stay one step ahead of casino security.
This edition is from May 2004; the original work appeared in 2002. The film «21», starring Kevin Spacey, is based on this book.
Aimed at a general audience and readers of nonfiction and true crime, with an interest in the gambling world and real stories of ambition.
Ben Mezrich is an American author. He has written well-known non-fiction books, including The Accidental Billionaires and The Antisocial Network, which have been turned into the films The Social Network and Dumb Money, respectively. Some of his books have been written under the pen-name Holden Scott.
