His new book is "Dice: Deception, Fate & Rotten Luck." It's a collection of essays about the history of dice and the many ways of cheating at the game. Photographs by Rosamond Purcell accompany the text. The New York Times says of Jay, "He's a master's master." His other books include "Learned Pigs & Fireproof Women" and "Jay's Journal of Anomalies." He's appeared in a number of David Mamet films and his one man shows include "Ricky Jay & His 52 Assistants," and "Ricky Jay: On the Stem."
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