Verdict:'Bringing Down The House' - as you would expect - tells this monetary tale primarily from Kevin's point of view, managing to somehow substain a certain degree of suspense throughout this 'known' and by now, well-documented escapade. But the tension is undercut by the first-draft feel of his pedestrian prose, alternating between irrelevant details and heightened melodrama. Basically, for the most part though, the book stays on a roll as it describes how the young gambler and his card-counting cohorts employ simple math and complex disguises to win nearly $4 million at the blackjack tables. Bouncing from huge scores to frightening banishments, the M.I.T. team fights a winning battle against the law of averages - until they're forced to flee south like Butch and Sundance from the gaming industry's Joe LeFors ! Man, would this be a story to tell the grandkids ?!
Reviewed by Marty Wilson