{"product_id":"rigged-the-true-story-of-an-ivy-league-kid-who-changed-the-world-of-oil-from-wall-street-to-dubai-paperback","title":"Rigged: The True Story of an Ivy League Kid Who Changed the World of Oil, from Wall Street to Dubai - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBen Mezrich\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author who brought you the massive \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eBringing Down The House\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRigged\u003c\/i\u003e is the startling, rags-to-riches true story of an Italian-American kid from the streets of Brooklyn who claws his way into the wild, frenetic world of the New York Mercantile Exchange.\u003c\/b\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. \u003ci\u003eRigged\u003c\/i\u003e 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 of Wall Street oil trading, a world filled with money, sex, exotic locales, life-threatening danger, and extraordinary international consequences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoving from the streets of Brooklyn to Dubai, Las Vegas, Monte Carlo, Jakarta, Moscow, and Shanghai, \u003ci\u003eRigged\u003c\/i\u003e reveals how the volatile business of high-stakes finance 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\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eBusiness Memoir: \u003c\/b\u003e Follow Johnny Castino's adrenaline-fueled journey from a blue-collar background to the heights of international finance.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eCommodities Trading: \u003c\/b\u003e Go behind the scenes of the oil exchange, a place where fortunes are made and lost in seconds and the pressure is relentless.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFinancial Thriller: \u003c\/b\u003e A gripping, fast-paced narrative filled with exotic locales from Dubai to Monte Carlo, high-stakes deals, and life-threatening danger.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eIvy League Underdog: \u003c\/b\u003e Discover how a Harvard grad with street smarts navigated a cutthroat world of insiders to take on the entire system from within.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter conquering the hallowed halls of Harvard Business School, an Italian-American kid from the streets of Brooklyn decides to take on the testosterone-fueled Merc Exchange in lower Manhattan--where billions of dollars in oil money trade hands every week and where fistfights are known to break out on the trading floor. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSoon our hero is living the good life in the gold-lined hotel palaces of Dubai and on private yachts in Monte Carlo, teeming with half-naked girls flown in by Saudi sheikhs, and making deals in the dangerous back alleys of Beijing. But that's only the beginning. Taken under the wing of another young gun and partnering with a mysterious young Muslim, the kid embarks on a dangerous adventure to revolutionize the oil trading industry--and, along with it, the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a true story. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.9 x 5.32 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 12, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45617911824581,"sku":"9780061252730","price":22.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/9CeGPjEVwE9780061252730.webp?v=1781181063","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/rigged-the-true-story-of-an-ivy-league-kid-who-changed-the-world-of-oil-from-wall-street-to-dubai-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}