Rhinehart Luke. The Dice Man

Published in 1999 by HarperCollins (first published 1971); 541 p.
ISBN: 0006513905.DescriptionIn the beginning was Chance, and Chance was with God and Chance was God . There was a man sent by Chance, whose name was Luke . And Chance was made flesh . and he dwelt among us, full of chaos, and falsehood and whim. - from The Book of the DieSo begins this 1970s classic of sex, drugs, and, of course, dice. Bored psychiatrist Luke Rhinehart lives with his wife and two children in their "slightly upper, slightly east" apartment in Manhattan. Dissatisfied with both Western and Eastern philosophies, alternately embracing the meaningfulness and meaninglessness of life, Luke's world is forever changed when he finds religion through the simple roll of the die and is "stunned and converted - as only the utterly bored can be".