{"product_id":"rigged-the-true-story-of-an-ivy-league-kid-who-changed-the-world-of-oil-from-wall-street-to-dubai-9780061252730","title":"Rigged: The True Story of an Ivy League Kid Who Changed the World of Oil, from Wall Street to Dubai","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the author who brought you the massive \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller \u003cem\u003eBringing Down The House\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eRigged\u003c\/em\u003e is the startling, rags-to-riches story of an Italian-American kid from the streets of Brooklyn who claws his way into the wild, frenetic world of the oil exchange.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBlack Gold. Texas Tea. Everybody wants oil but only a rare few have truly made a killing mastering its intricacies. One of those lucky bastards is Johnny Castino, a ballsy Italian-American from Brooklyn with an ego and a keen intelligence to match his ambition. Rigged is his story: a startling rags-to-riches tale of an ordinary kid turned Harvard grad who found himself caught up in the ultimate high-stakes adventure filled with money, sex, exotic locales, life-threatening danger, and extraordinary international consequences. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Moving from the streets of Brooklyn to Dubai, Las Vegas, Monte Carlo, Jakarta, Moscow, and Shanghai, Rigged reveals how the business is run and what happened when a man with solid gold cajones decided to flip a business--and an entire Exchange--on its head.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMezrich, Ben:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eBen Mezrich graduated \u003cem\u003emagna cum laude\u003c\/em\u003e from Harvard in 1991. He has published twelve books, including the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestsellers \u003cem\u003eThe Accidental Billionaires\u003c\/em\u003e, which was adapted into the Academy Award-winning film \u003cem\u003eThe Social Network\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eBringing Down the House\u003c\/em\u003e, which has sold more than 1.5 million copies in twelve languages and became the basis for the Kevin Spacey movie \u003cem\u003e21\u003c\/em\u003e. Mezrich has also published the national bestsellers \u003cem\u003eSex on the Moon\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eUgly Americans\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eRigged\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eBusting Vegas\u003c\/em\u003e. He lives in Boston.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50317873119506,"sku":"9780061252730","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3cbb9e6d-b15a-4c53-8613-31761c409720.jpg?v=1727541869","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/rigged-the-true-story-of-an-ivy-league-kid-who-changed-the-world-of-oil-from-wall-street-to-dubai-9780061252730","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}