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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 Internati...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Brooklyn, New York :
Akashic Books,
[2022]
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| Summary: | "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 façade. 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 us as what divines us when we give over every decision--from what to eat to whom to marry to how or when to die--to the random fall of two numbered cubes"-- |
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| Item Description: | "A novel"--Dust jacket. |
| Physical Description: | 264 pages ; 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781636140711 1636140718 |
| Author Notes: | He is an advocate of atheism, libertarian philosophy, free-market economics, and scientific skepticism. His books include Cruel Tricks for Dear Friends, Penn and Teller's How to Play In Traffic, How to Cheat Your Friends at Poker: The Wisdom of Dickie Richard, God, No!: Signs You May Already Be an Atheist and Other Magical Tales, and Presto!: How I Made Over 100 Pounds Disappear and Other Magical Tales. (Bowker Author Biography) |
