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Rigged: The True Story of an Ivy League Kid Who Changed the World of Oil, from Wall Street to Dubai (Paperback)

by Ben Mezrich (Author)
2.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 304 pages
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (4 Feb 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0747594635
  • ISBN-13: 978-0747594635
  • Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 15.2 x 2.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 2.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 106,000 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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This is a high-adrenaline, high-stakes romp through the wild world of oil. From the streets of Brooklyn to the hallowed halls of Harvard, from the casino-like trading floor of the Merc Exchange to the exotic, gold- and prostitute-lined streets of Dubai, Rigged reveals the never-before-told, true story of the most important commodity on earth. Rigged is a real life, rags-to-riches story of a twenty-six-year old kid from the streets of Brooklyn who claws his way through Harvard to take on the world of high stakes oil.

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1.0 out of 5 stars An empty tale, 23 April 2008
By M. Kamel - See all my reviews
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As an oil trading professional on a business trip, my curisosity was aroused by this book. I was hoping for someone to reflect the true nature of the oil market. Not just its futures exchange facet, but also its physical trading side which is replete with excitement.

Unfortunately, i was sorely disappointed. I fail to see how the world of oil has changed with the opening of the Dubai merc, where less tham a mere couple of thousand lots change hands every day. Dubai is a great city and nation with plenty of opportunities, but this book makes it sound like something earth shattering was done, which is not the case. It was more a case of ho-hum, lets open a new post office.

To make matters worse, as another reviewer pointed out, nothing really happens in the book. Some mild disagreement occurs on the board, some mild threats are made, but everybody is happy in the end. No attempt was made to explore the underpinnings of the market or trading strategies. Rather, we get a childish listing of all the toys people in my industry supposedly play with. Please Mr. Mezrich, can i move to your version of the oil world?

Basically, if you want a colourful description of the trading floor with a few anecdotes thrown in, you would be better off visiting the Nymex floor in person, just dont get there at the opening time described in the book, you'd have to wait an hour! A poor effort overall.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Rigged, 31 Mar 2008
Rigged is another story from Ben Mezrich about some smart American grad done good. The author admits that this is his speciality / rut in the book's intro - but the difference between this one and the others is that it is (not to put too fine a point on it) awful, where previously they've been good fun.

Mezrich's prose has always tended towards the breathless hyperbole, but here he excels himself, creating his own fantasy world where he can namedrop brands like an American Psycho (frankly, it seems BMW may have actually paid for product placement in the book), where all women under motherly age are merely beautiful scenery, where effectively he can play out his fantasies of being one of those lucky few men (for in this world, it is only men) who make it rich young.

Casual sexism aside (which it is at least possible to imagine has roots in trading floor reality), this is not necessarily a problem, as it probably adds interest to an essentially dull tale. But this time around, his wide-eyed fanboy style grates and feels out of place, where in previous books it seemed rather more appropriate. This time the story is basically a teetering pile of stereotypes heavily garnished with drool over the perceived life of the wealthy.

The best bit about this book is the final chapter - not because it's the end, but because it is written by the central character and explains his life a whole lot better than Mezrich did, in a lot more perspective.

But it doesn't redeem the rest of the book. By all means read Breaking Vegas, or Ugly Americans - but skip this one.
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3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Not as good as his other books, 17 Feb 2008
By J. H. R. Cornell (Guildford) - See all my reviews
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I was rather disappointed with this book having really enjoyed his previous books, bringing the house down, ugly americans and breaking vegas.

Somehow this book lacked the excitement of the others books which described either guys ripping off casinos or living it large in Japan

This book was about a young former MBA graduate who joined the New York Mercantile Exchange and ended up helping them set up an exchange in Dubai. Not really set of your pants stuff. Yes one member of the board didn't really like the idea but thats about as racy as it gets. To be honest I could not work out what the "Rigged" in the title meant until when the book finishes anticlimatically (yes they opened the exchange in Dubai) when i realised that it was a link to an oil rig.

Buy the others especially Bringing the House Down and Breaking Vegas, they have a lot more energy and excitement
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1.0 out of 5 stars Utter Drivel
It is hard to know where to begin to describe the awfulness of this book. The offensive nature of its description of Dubai, the complete inaccuracy of its description of the oil... Read more
Published 3 months ago by J. F. Bullimore

1.0 out of 5 stars I WANT MY MONEY BACK AND TIME SPENT
I've traded just like the meatheads equities on pure gut and instincts. I now live in Dubai and all I can say is what a pile of rubbish. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Khuram

1.0 out of 5 stars mediocre
This was a dissapointment....it was quite a silly and even a childish story.

very poor compared to his previous books. Read more
Published 13 months ago by eamo

5.0 out of 5 stars Ugly Americans - The sequel
I've become a fan of Ben Mezrichs' because he writes about experiences that you think would only be real in the movie world, that you never even think people would be living it... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Mr. M. Hassan

5.0 out of 5 stars Oil Trading & One of the Best Places in the World
I like Ben's style of writing, in his latest book 'Rigged' he provides an insight into the world of Oil trading, the trading environment of the Mercantile Exchange and the... Read more
Published 17 months ago by Mathew Whymark

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