The Dice Man The Dice Man The Dice Man is a novel published in 1971 by George Cockcroft under the pen name Luke Rhinehart and tells the story of a psychiatrist who begins making life decisions based on the casting of dice. Cockcroft wrote the book based on his own experiences of using dice to make decisions while studying psychology. The novel is noted for its subversion, anti-psychiatry sentiments and for reflecting moods of the early 1970s. Due to its subversive nature and chapters concerned with controversial issues such as rape, murder and sexual experimentation, it was banned in several countries. Upon its
The Barefoot Man (novel) The Barefoot Man (novel) The Barefoot Man is a 1971 novel by Davis Grubb published by Simon & Schuster set in and near Wheeling, West Virginia in 1930. The title refers to a spook used to keep workers in line at low wages—capitalists telling of a barefoot man, "a sort of scab," is ready to take their job if they leave it and keep the wage where it is. The novel is divided into three parts, but is not further subdivided into chapters. The novel begins in the dead of winter in Glory, West Virginia, in the midst of a