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|summary=The only criticism that can be launched at Ben Mezrich's excellent new book is that it could do with being longer! Another great read from one of the best non-fiction authors out there today. Ben Mezrich popped into Bookbag Towers to [[The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Ben Mezrich|chat to us]].
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Ben Mezrich's latest book tells the story of six college kids - frat brothers from the University of Montana - who built up AbsolutePoker.com, one of the world's largest poker sites - only for it to come crashing down as the legality of online poker became more and more of an issue, with the Department of Justice getting involved. We find out in the first chapter, as one of the six prepares to return to the USA from Central America to face prosecution, that things have gone horribly wrong. Just how horribly wrong, we have to wait to find out...
All in all, though, when the biggest criticism that can be found about a book is that I wished it had been longer, it's a fairly clear recommendation! Very enjoyable and I'm already looking forward to whatever Ben Mezrich does next.
If you want to stick with Mezrich - and why wouldn't you? - the three I mentioned above are all fabulous, while fellow Bookbag reviewer Zoe also highly recommends [[The Accidental Billionaires: Sex, Money, Betrayal and the Founding of Facebook by Ben Mezrich]]. {{interviewtext|author=Ben Mezrich}}
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