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
Patricia Rinehart Jean Campbell III. Following her divorce from Dr. Campbell, she married Harvey Breit in 1955. With Breit she adapted R. K. Narayan's novel "The Guide" for Broadway. "The Guide" opened at the Hudson Theatre in 1968, but closed after just five performances. The play, writes Professor of Theatre Arts Thomas S. Hischak, "was too foreign for Broadway critics and playgoers". In 1973 Rinehart married the conservationist Hilary Barratt-Brown. Her poetry collection "Against the Loss of Night: Poems" was published in 1986. Patricia Rinehart Patricia Rinehart (1930–1996) was an American poet and playwright. Her father was the writer and producer Alan