The Dice Man
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
What if you surrendered every decision in your life — no matter how trivial or terrifying — to the roll of a single die? The Dice Man is the darkly comic and subversive cult classic that follows Luke Rhinehart, a bored Manhattan psychiatrist who, on a whim one night, decides to let a die dictate his actions, unleashing a chaotic experiment that spirals far beyond his control and forces a radical confrontation with the very nature of identity, free will, and desire. Written with a razor-sharp wit and a gleefully transgressive energy, this novel dismantles the comfortable fictions of modern selfhood, arguing that the self is nothing more than a cage of habit and social conditioning. Luke Rhinehart — the pen name of George Cockcroft — constructs a narrative that is equal parts philosophical provocation and darkly satirical romp, drawing on existentialist thought while subverting it at every turn. Decades after its first publication, it retains its power to unsettle, seduce, and ultimately ask the reader one irresistible question: what would *you* do if you let the dice decide?
Author: Luke Rhinehart
Format: Paperback
Genre: Modern fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
What if you surrendered every decision in your life — no matter how trivial or terrifying — to the roll of a single die? The Dice Man is the darkly comic and subversive cult classic that follows Luke Rhinehart, a bored Manhattan psychiatrist who, on a whim one night, decides to let a die dictate his actions, unleashing a chaotic experiment that spirals far beyond his control and forces a radical confrontation with the very nature of identity, free will, and desire. Written with a razor-sharp wit and a gleefully transgressive energy, this novel dismantles the comfortable fictions of modern selfhood, arguing that the self is nothing more than a cage of habit and social conditioning. Luke Rhinehart — the pen name of George Cockcroft — constructs a narrative that is equal parts philosophical provocation and darkly satirical romp, drawing on existentialist thought while subverting it at every turn. Decades after its first publication, it retains its power to unsettle, seduce, and ultimately ask the reader one irresistible question: what would *you* do if you let the dice decide?