Synopses & Reviews
Whether it be a dollar in the Lottery or a million dollars on the turn of a card, the instinct to bet is the same. And, over the centuries, there have been some very strange gambles and gamblers. From Oscar Wilde and the Marx Brothers to Ben Affleck and James Bond, from Monte Carlo to Las Vegas, this collection celebrates the fearless, the flamboyant, and the fantastic.
Review
Endlessly entertaining, these albums of mad miscellany abound with true accounts of historys strangest characters and events—from potty potentates to dotty inventions. A mind-boggling excursion through the byways of the bizarre.