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“The whole case is a triumph of Poirot’s special qualities.”
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The sequel to the cult classic The Dice Man, this book can also change your life!
Larry Rhinehart is the son of an infamous father – the renegade psychiatrist Luke Rhinehart, otherwise known as the Dice Man.
Luke became a cult figure in the seventies, inspiring thousands to follow him into the anarchic world of Dice Living, where every decision is made not by the self, but by the roll of the dice.
Larry, however, is emphatically not a follower. He has grown up to have a great respect for order and control. A wealthy Wall Street analyst, all set to marry the boss’s daughter, Larry has got life where he wants it. Until rumours begin to circulate about the reappearance of his long-vanished father – and Larry’s carefully organized world begins to look a lot less certain.
By turns funny, moving and wildly erotic, The Search for the Dice Man is a journey of the body and spirit never to be forgotten.
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15 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Larry Rhinehart gets in on the act as he searches for father Luke. The book is intriguing as Larry joins his father's cult in order to overcome it, and funny as he struggles with the strange world of diceliving and the even stranger people that undertake it! This is a good follow-up to the first book and is wonderfully written by both Luke and Larry. A must for lovers of the first book but impossible to read as a single novel. The usual helping of sex is supplied, but overall a book not quite as good as the first one suggested it could be. Worth a read, though.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Having been a great fan of 'The Dice Man' I was expecting great things from this book, but unfortunately it didn't quite live up to my expectations. It's still a good book, but I didn't find myself laughing out loud or challenged by the book's content, as I did with it's predecessor. Still glad I read it, but if you haven't read The Dice Man before, definately start out with that.
8 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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Eventhough this book is the second in a series (of which the Dice Man was the first), you can easily read it if you haven't read the Dice Man before.
The story starts with Larry, the son of Luke Rhinehart (indeed, the author who also starred in Dice Man) who is successful in life and who appears to be happy...on the surface. Set on the track by an ongoing FBI investigation, he wants to find his father, who is presumed death. First to help the FBI and get even with his death who left him and his mother behind, then the actually find him. He decides that in order to find him he should live the life his father has...the life of living through the casting of dice. But this means ending his life as it was, and starting a new one...
The idea is that the character gives each roll of the dice a specific meaning, i.e. if he rolls 6 he should go out and drink three pints. Then by casting dice he determines what he should do, and if he rolls 6 he goes out and drinks three pints regardless of consquences.
This book is both moving and very funny, thought-provoking and balant and can be read as a novel of a young man searching his way through life.
If you liked the Dice Man, this is a must, if you haven't you can also try this one first and be amazed.
The story starts with Larry, the son of Luke Rhinehart (indeed, the author who also starred in Dice Man) who is successful in life and who appears to be happy...on the surface. Set on the track by an ongoing FBI investigation, he wants to find his father, who is presumed death. First to help the FBI and get even with his death who left him and his mother behind, then the actually find him. He decides that in order to find him he should live the life his father has...the life of living through the casting of dice. But this means ending his life as it was, and starting a new one...
The idea is that the character gives each roll of the dice a specific meaning, i.e. if he rolls 6 he should go out and drink three pints. Then by casting dice he determines what he should do, and if he rolls 6 he goes out and drinks three pints regardless of consquences.
This book is both moving and very funny, thought-provoking and balant and can be read as a novel of a young man searching his way through life.
If you liked the Dice Man, this is a must, if you haven't you can also try this one first and be amazed.
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Very poor
It is hard to believe. After the dice man, an excellent book, this one is so poor, boring, predictable, infantile, etc, etc.
waste of money and time !
waste of money and time !
Published 6 months ago by Forrest
Hugely Disappointing
This is a massive disappointment compared to the first book. The people who have posted 4 & 5 star reviews must be insane. Read more
Published 22 months ago by lozza
The Search for the Dice Man
Follow up novels are frequently a little disappointing and fail to live up to the promise of the `original`. Read more
Published on 9 Feb 2010 by john8pies
Decently written yarn overcomes the philosophical limitations
I wanted to criticise this book. The story arc was obvious within the first few pages and I expected at that point to dislike the sidestepping of the moral problems surrounding... Read more
Published on 8 April 2009 by MLA
The Search for the Dice Man
This is a very good novel that is slightly more coherent than the first and one that can easily be read on it's own. Read more
Published on 26 Jan 2007 by Spider Monkey
Better than the first
mmm....If it's a 1 I'll..mutter...mutter...."3" therefore...Great book
Published on 27 Aug 2000
This is a good book because of the very complex plot.
I really enjoyed this book. The plot is always changing and I thought that everyone who came into the story had committed the murder! The characters are extremely well described. Read more
Published on 23 July 2000
Another Classic!
If you've read the fist book (I recommend you do!) the first thing you're gonna want to know is f the sequel is as good. Well, yes and no. Read more
Published on 18 May 2000 by Damian Johnson
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