Author of Bringing Down the House / Busting Vegas, now in Paperback / Mezrich talks about his most popular books, why he never liked non-fiction books, how he stumbled into his own genre, why he loves living the Vegas lifestyle, what underground Japanese sex clubs are like, why in Japan sex is treated just a bodily function, why Americans aren’t allowed in these places, what to expect from his movie “21” coming soon, the reason some of the blackjack MIT kids aren’t allowed to play blackjack, but are still in Vegas every weekend and why he wouldn’t go with the MIT guys overseas. Plus, Ben explains why he wants to write the book about Jim Rome. / 9-18-2006
