{"product_id":"9781602523135","title":"Rigged: The True Story of an Ivy League Kid Who Changed the World of Oil, from Wall Street to Dubai","description":"From the author who brought you the massive NY Times bestseller Bringing Down The House, this is the startling, rags-to-riches story of an Italian-American kid from the streets of Brooklyn who claws his way into the wild, frenetic world of the oil exchange.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter conquering the hallowed halls of Harvard Business School, he enters the testosterone-laced warrens of the Merc Exchange, the asylum-like oil exchange located in Lower Manhattan. A place where billions of dollars trade hands every week, the Merc is like a casino on crack, where former garbage men become millionaires overnight, where fistfights break out on the trading floor and men have been known bring prostitutes as dates to company dinners.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis ordinary kid has traded Brooklyn for the gold-lined hotel palaces of Dubai. He keeps company on the decks of private yachts in Monte Carlo- teeming with half-naked girls flown in by Saudi Sheiks and makes deals in the dangerous back alleys of Beijing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut the Merc is just a starting place. Taken under the wing of another young gun and partnering with a mysterious young Muslim, he embarks on a dangerous adventure to revolutionize the oil trading industry- and along with it, the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRigged is the explicit, exclusive, true story behind the headlines that dominate the world stage...\u003cp\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Findaway World, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47035997847792,"sku":"9781602523135","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781602523135_p0.jpg?v=1769848049","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781602523135","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}