I just read a review of the MIT book by someone posting as "KevinBlackwood" on bj21. I assume this is the same Kevin Blackwood who wrote the novel about a card counter, or some such.

I don't know any way to sugarcoat this, so I'll just say it. From his review, it is obvious to me that Mr. Blackwood is a moron who has little experience with blackjack and advantage play. Virtually all of his comments in that post are absurd. Now I know not to bother buying his novel.