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di Penn Jillette

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Two weeks before his twenty-first birthday, Las Vegas native Bobby Ingersoll finds out he's inherited a crushing gambling debt from his scumbag father. The debt is owed to an even scummier bag named Fraser Ruphart who oversees his bottom-rung criminal empire from the classy-adjacent Trump International Hotel. Bobby's prospects of paying off the note, which comes due the day he turns twenty-one, are about as dim as the sign on the tower's facade. The two weeks pass in the blink of a (snake) eye, but before Bobby's luck runs out, he stumbles upon enough cash to pay Ruphart off and change his family's fortune. More importantly, he finds himself with a new, for lack of a better word, faith. Bobby does not consign his big break to a 'higher power' - what Penn Jillette hero ever could? Instead, he devises and devotes himself to Random, a philosophy where his life choices are based entirely on the roll of his 'lucky' dice. What follows is a hilarious exploration into not so much what defines… (altro)
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Questa recensione è stata scritta per Recensori in anteprima di LibraryThing.
As one would expect from Penn Jillette, this book is a wild ride. Within the first few pages there is a massive fight and everything rolls down from there.
  mrmapcase | Feb 24, 2023 |
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First time reading this author. Description sounded interesting, intelligent, but I didn't get farther than page 37. Just not enough to keep me interested. Seemed rather juvenile and stilted writing. I am only slightly interested to find out if the main character succeeds in his goal or what he does if not.

Received via LibraryThing Early Reviewers in exchange for my review. ( )
  seongeona | Feb 4, 2023 |
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Sadly, I did not enjoy this quite as much as God, No!: Signs You May Already Be an Atheist and Other Magical Tales, or the Penn and Teller books I have.
That being said, it has it's own charm and is well written. Definitely an odd beast!
  mattdocmartin | Jan 15, 2023 |
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Received as part the the Early Reviewer program. If anyone is going to write a novel about Vegas, Penn Jillette is the obvious choice. The novel is about a young man who inherits his father's gambling debt and who somehow, as time is running out, gets the money to pay the debt. I enjoyed the book and recommend it.
1 vota joeinma | Jan 15, 2023 |
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This is an interim review -- I'm having a hard time getting into this book, which is a shame; I really liked _Sock_. The author doesn't seem to have much affection for his main character, which is rubbing off on me. It's a slow read and I set it down months ago. I hear it picks up later, so if I manage to slog through this first part, I'll amend this review.
  casamoomba | Jan 2, 2023 |
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Two weeks before his twenty-first birthday, Las Vegas native Bobby Ingersoll finds out he's inherited a crushing gambling debt from his scumbag father. The debt is owed to an even scummier bag named Fraser Ruphart who oversees his bottom-rung criminal empire from the classy-adjacent Trump International Hotel. Bobby's prospects of paying off the note, which comes due the day he turns twenty-one, are about as dim as the sign on the tower's facade. The two weeks pass in the blink of a (snake) eye, but before Bobby's luck runs out, he stumbles upon enough cash to pay Ruphart off and change his family's fortune. More importantly, he finds himself with a new, for lack of a better word, faith. Bobby does not consign his big break to a 'higher power' - what Penn Jillette hero ever could? Instead, he devises and devotes himself to Random, a philosophy where his life choices are based entirely on the roll of his 'lucky' dice. What follows is a hilarious exploration into not so much what defines

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