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.
- Boston, Present Day
- Boston, June 1994
- Atlantic City, June 1994
- Boston, September 1994
- Boston, October 1994
- Las Vegas, Present Day
- Thirty Thousand Feet, November 1994
- Las Vegas, November 1994
- Weston, MA, Thanksgiving 1994
- The Double Life, 1994-95
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"Will grip anyone who has ever hoped to break the bank at Monte Carlo."
--Booklist--
"A lively tale that could pass for thriller fiction...More amazing because it really happened."
--Rocky Mountain News--
"This book made me want to gamble! Vegas! Vegas!"
--Bill Simmons, ESPN The Magazine--