The Dice Man is a semi-comedic[citation needed] 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.[1] The novel is noted for its subversivi...(展开全部)

Plot summary The book tells the story of a psychiatrist named Luke Rhinehart who, feeling bored and unfulfilled in life, starts making decisions about what to do based on a roll of a die. Along the way, there is sex, rape, murder, "dice parties", breakouts by psychiatric patients, and various corporate and governmental machines being put into a spin. There is also a description...(展开全部)

John Grisham's first work of non-fiction, an exploration of small town justice gone terribly awry, is his most extraordinary legal thriller yet. In the major league draft of 1971, the first player chosen from the State of Oklahoma was Ron Williamson. When he signed with the Oakland A's, he said goodbye to his hometown of Ada and left to pursue his dreams of big league glory. Si...(展开全部)

Uncertainty is everywhere. It lurks in every consideration of the future - the weather, the economy, the sex of an unborn child - even quantities we think that we know such as populations or the transit of the planets contain the possibility of error. It's no wonder that, throughout that history, we have attempted to produce rigidly defined areas of uncertainty. However, over t...(展开全部)

格雷厄姆·格林（Graham Greene，1904—1991） 21次诺贝尔文学奖提名的传奇大师。67年写作生涯，创作超25部小说，被誉为20世纪大师级作家。1950年，初次获得诺贝尔奖提名。1976年，获美国推理作家协会大师奖。1981年，获耶路撒冷文学奖。1986年，由英女王伊丽莎白二世授予功绩勋章。 格林一生游历于墨西哥、西非、南非等战乱之地，曾任职于英国军情六处。他关注人类灵魂深处的挣扎与救赎、内心的道德和精神斗争，被誉为20世纪人类意识和焦虑的传奇记录者。 本书收录了格雷厄姆·格林广为人知的小说：《第三人》和《堕落的偶像》。两部作品的改编电影均由奥斯卡导演卡罗尔·里德执导、格雷厄姆·格林担任编剧，获得包括奥斯卡金像奖、戛纳电影节金棕榈奖、英国电影学院奖在内的多项大奖，而格林本人更是拿下了奥斯卡改编剧本奖提名和威尼斯电影节改编编剧奖。 至今...(展开全部)

1975年生于英国伦敦西北，是牙买加与犹太人后裔。 1997年，以处女作《白牙》（White Teeth）引起英国文坛注意，好几家出版社同时竞拍出版权。此书一炮走红，扎迪成为欧洲文坛最具潜力的新锐女作家，夺得各类奖项：2000年“詹姆斯·泰特·布莱克纪念奖”的小说奖、2000年“惠特布莱德图书奖”最佳小说一等奖、“卫报杰出图书奖”一等奖、“英联邦作家处女作奖”一等奖，BT艾玛奖的最佳小说和最佳女新人奖。 2003年，以《签名收藏家》夺得《犹太季刊》颁发的温盖特奖，进入柑橘奖和《星期日时报》青年作家奖决选名单。 2003年，被权威杂志《格兰塔》选为20位最佳青年作家之一。 2005年，以《关于美》（On Beauty）入选英国布克奖短名单，并于2006年夺得柑橘奖。

As a mysterious fire rages through an affluent community in Southern California, Lew Archer tracks a missing--and possibly kidnapped--child and uncovers and entire secret history of wayward parents, wounded offspring, and murder. Along with its merciless suspense, The Underground Man possesses a moral vision as complex as that of a classic Greek tragedy.

When a chance encounter makes him a witness to the abduction of a child, private detective Lew Archer can't help but be drawn into the case, pursuing a trail that leads all too quickly to murder. While forest fires rage in the hills around Los Angeles, threatening the homes of some of the city's wealthiest families, Archer unearths a hidden history of failed marriages, runaway ...(展开全部)