From the author of the bestseller BRINGING DOWN THE HOUSE, another extraordinary real-life thriller, a true story of money, risk and life lived close to the edge, set in the Wild East of 1990s Japan.
Ben Mezrich is the New York Times bestselling author of The Accidental Billionaires and Bringing Down the House in addition to many other books, both fiction and non-fiction. The major motion picture 21, starring Kevin Spacey, was based on Bringing Down the House. The Oscar-winning film The Social Network was adapted from The Accidental Billionaires. Mezrich lives in Boston with his wife and son.
The author of the compelling Bringing Down the House ... returns
with another vivid true story ... Any movie shouldn't lack for
colour
*GQ*
When the movie rights to a novel are snapped up by Hollywood
A-lister Kevin Spacey, you know its something special. And Ugly
Americans most definitely is ... An incredible true story ... it's
impossible not to be amazed and absorbed into this parallel
universe where East meets West, gangsters meet cowboys and everyone
is just an earthquake away from disaster
*Scottish Daily Record*
The propulsive narrative fairly roars "guilty pleasure." Yet Ugly
Americans is revelatory, a rush that leaves the reader reeling but
reflective
*Philadelphia Inquirer*
[Contains] all the ingredients of a great narrative - a main
character the reader can relate to, an appealing love interest,
money, danger, the need for acceptance, suspense ... In a truly
engaging look at how an innocent who thinks he knows the world does
actually end up understanding a small but significant piece of it,
Mezrich manages to incorporate solid journalism into a narrative
that just plain works
*Publisher’s Weekly*
A high-octane passion play pitting a young man's ambition against
his sense of humanity
*Oregonian*
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