Luke Rhinehart
WHIM
One of the great comic novels of the decade, (WHIM) is pure delight, a book with a smile built into just
about every line.
--Peter Tennant, reviewing all Luke's books in The Third Alternative.
WHIM tells the story of a very Magical Indian boy who finds that he has been sent to earth by his Father
Lord Chance to discover the Big U.T....ultimate truth. As a high school football star just discovering sex,
Whim is distracted from his quest by being in love with the brainy, sexy but very moral Dawn, and also
by his rival Billy Best, who wants to discover u.t. so he can market it and make a bundle. The novel is
filled with Zen-like encounters between Whim and his Montauk mentor Grain-of-Sand; Narsufin, the
great black Sufi sage famous for his hook shot; and the Abominable Snowman Sage of the Himalayas. In
the end Whim finds his u.t., saves the Montauk nation, and wins the heart (and all other bodily parts) of
his beloved Dawn.
English reviewers had strong praise:
"One of my favorite reads of the year,"
"Ingenious, hilarious,"
"Anarchic, hip, subversive and comic."
Luke Rhinehart is the internationally acclaimed author of The Dice Man and six other books. The Dice
Man, cited by a BBC production as one of the fifty most influential books of the last half-century, was
honored by Loaded Magazine in 1999 as the "Novel of the Century." It has been an international best
seller for thirty years and is selling more copies now than ever. In the last few years three documentaries
have been shot about Luke or people influenced by the book, three stage plays based loosely on Luke's
work have toured the U.K., and the six-part TV series Dice will be aired later this year.
His other books include:
WHIM, a comic novel about a Magical teenager sent to earth by the Lord Chance on a quest for U.T.--
ultimate truth.
WHITE WIND, BLACK RIDER, a dramatic and moving story of three samurai and their conflicting and
deadly loves for the beautiful Matari.
THE BOOK OF THE DIE, a collection of essays, parables, proverbs, film scenes and stories that
dramatize his unique ideas; and
And LONG VOYAGE BACK, an extraordinary story of people fleeing by sailboat from a nuclear
holocaust.
Visit Luke at www.lukerhinehart.net.
