Where it starts
Bruce Dobish was born in Manhattan in 1954. The book starts on its streets.
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Manhattan, New York City
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MA in Economics
A head for numbers
He earned a master's degree in economics. Numbers, and odds, turn up again later in the story, at much higher stakes.
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Lower Manhattan
The World Trade Center disasters
Two of the darkest days in the city's history are part of his life, and part of the book.
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The tables
High stakes gambling forays
The bets, the wins, the losses, and the rooms where they happened, told without dressing anything up.
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The wild years
Murder, sex, drugs, and rock and roll
It is all in there. Told straight, with a sense of humor that shows up when you least expect it.
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Boynton Beach, Florida
Florida
Today Bruce lives in Boynton Beach, Florida, a long way from where it all started.
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Debut memoir
It Could Happen To You
His first book, and the whole story in one place.
About the book