The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared
Jonas Jonasson
We discussed The 100 year old man.. which met with our usual mixed bag of opinions. Some criticisms of the slightly choppy style, maybe a result of the translation. the book was far too far fetched for some, we all admitted you could punch massive holes in the historical events, but agreed it didn't matter..
The scores ranged from 4 up to 8, with an average of 6.1.
The pitches for this months book were as follows.
The winner was my pitch.."The Dice Man" by Luke Rhinehart
Heres a stolen outline and a couple of reviews:
In 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".
Let the dice decide This is the only path to liberation and truth for Dr. Rhinehart and his patients. It seems sex is always an option as they roll their way through therapy sessions, relationships, parenting -- even a mental institution breakout. Luke spreads his new religion with a hilarious combination of evangelical fervor and moral depravity, turning his life -- and in some ways the world -- on its ear. Because once you hand your life over to the dice, anything can happen.
A rollicking good read and an irreverent parody of American psychoanalytical culture, The Dice Man is entertaining, humorous, shocking, and subversive -- one of the international cult bestsellers of our time.
"Luke Rhinehart and The Dice Man have launched a psychiatric revolution". -- The Sunday Telegraph (London)
"Witty...reckless...clever, a caper at the edge of nihilism". -- Life magazine
"Weird, hilarious...an outlandishly enjoyable book". -- St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Let the dice decide This is the only path to liberation and truth for Dr. Rhinehart and his patients. It seems sex is always an option as they roll their way through therapy sessions, relationships, parenting -- even a mental institution breakout. Luke spreads his new religion with a hilarious combination of evangelical fervor and moral depravity, turning his life -- and in some ways the world -- on its ear. Because once you hand your life over to the dice, anything can happen.
A rollicking good read and an irreverent parody of American psychoanalytical culture, The Dice Man is entertaining, humorous, shocking, and subversive -- one of the international cult bestsellers of our time.
"Luke Rhinehart and The Dice Man have launched a psychiatric revolution". -- The Sunday Telegraph (London)
"Witty...reckless...clever, a caper at the edge of nihilism". -- Life magazine
"Weird, hilarious...an outlandishly enjoyable book". -- St. Louis Post-Dispatch
And here is a little information about the author stolen from Goodreads, with a link to his website.
Luke Rhinehart
Author profile
born
in The United States
November 05, 1932
gender
male
website
genre
About this author
I have a feeling that there will be a lot of copies of this knocking around in the charity shops but if you would like me to ask Quinns to get this in please let me know asap.
The next meeting is set for the 29th, if there is to be a change of venue I will let you know by email.
See you there!
J
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