Rick Lax

Fool Me Once (eBook, ePUB)

Hustlers, Hookers, Headliners, and How Not to Get Screwed in Vegas

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Rick Lax was paranoid to begin with. He saw lies everywhere. And when he saw them, he spoke up. But when his girlfriend gets conned by a violent drug dealer, nothing Rick does seems to help. So what if he misses the next lie? What if spotting them isn't enough to protect against them? What if exposing lies puts him in even more danger?

Terrified of being conned himself, Rick bolts for Vegas, deception capital of the world, to learn the game and how to guard against it. Rick meets deceivers of all kinds, from back-alley hustlers and poker pros to the biggest headliners on the Strip. During the course of his unconventional education, which includes passing himself off as an octogenarian, being exposed as a card counter, and picking up a hooker (inadvertently, of course), Rick gets closer to becoming a human lie detector...but at what cost?

By the end of Fool Me Once, you'll know why seventh graders make better liars than college students, how to use a handful of rice as a polygraph, and how to bluff a poker pro. But above all, you'll understand why some things in life are a lot worse than being fooled.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: St. Martin's Publishing Group
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Januar 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781429990479
• Artikelnr.: 42539368

Autorenporträt

Rick Lax attended the DePaul University College of Law and works as a freelance writer. He has written for The Michigan Daily, The American Enterprise, and Sojourners. He is the author Fool Me Once and Lawyer Boy. An amateur magician, he lives in Chicago, Illinois, where he continues to practice prestidigitation.