{"product_id":"dice-man-paperback","title":"Dice Man - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLuke Rhinehart\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA cult masterpiece named novel of the century by \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLoaded\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e and one of the fifty most influential books of the last half-century by the BBC, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Dice Man\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e remains a shocking, humorous, and deeply unsettling exploration of the ultimate freedom: the freedom to be anyone.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBored psychiatrist Luke Rhinehart is about to make the most dangerous decision of his life: he's going to let a pair of dice decide his next move.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat begins as a playful experiment in \"dice therapy\" quickly spirals into a subversive, anarchic revolution against the self. As Rhinehart sheds his identity one roll at a time, he invites the reader into a blackly comic world where morality is a roll away and the only sin is consistency.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEntertaining, humorous, scary, shocking, subversive, \u003ci\u003eThe Dice Man\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the cult bestsellers of our time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A blackly comic amusement park of a book.\" --\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eTime\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLuke Rhinehart\u003c\/b\u003e is the pen name of George Powers Cockcroft (1932-2020), an American novelist and psychologist whose work fundamentally challenged the mid-century concept of a fixed identity. After earning his PhD in psychology from Columbia University, Rhinehart taught university courses on Zen and Western literature, where he first introduced the radical concept of \"dice living\"--a philosophy that later formed the foundation of his masterpiece.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1971, \u003ci\u003eThe Dice Man\u003c\/i\u003e became an instant international cult sensation. It was named \u003cb\u003e\"Novel of the Century\"\u003c\/b\u003e by \u003ci\u003eLoaded\u003c\/i\u003e magazine and hailed by the BBC as \u003cb\u003e\"one of the fifty most influential books of the last half of the twentieth century.\"\u003c\/b\u003e Beyond his fiction, Rhinehart was a world traveler who spent years sailing a trimaran ketch across the globe, eventually settling in a former Sufi retreat in upstate New York. His legacy continues to inspire millions of \"dice people\" worldwide to embrace the liberating power of chance.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.78 x 7.96 x 5.52 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 1998\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53459412910387,"sku":"9780879518646","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0990\/0746\/3731\/files\/KLVe_Zr_lF9780879518646.webp?v=1781297261","url":"https:\/\/rbangel-store.myshopify.com\/products\/dice-man-paperback","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}