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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherSerpent's Tail The Limited
ISBN-101852424060
ISBN-139781852424060
eBay Product ID (ePID)433078
Product Key Features
Book TitleGhost of Chance
Number of Pages96 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1995
TopicThrillers / Suspense, Literary, Science Fiction / General
IllustratorYes
GenreFiction
AuthorWilliam S. Burroughs
Book SeriesHigh Risk Bks.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.2 in
Item Weight4.5 Oz
Item Length5.1 in
Item Width7.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN95-068012
Dewey Edition20
Reviews'The man's got something to say, so shut up and listen? Time Out ?Whether scorning the cult of the prophets or considering the nature of truth, his writing is by turns as dark as Conrad, as sexy as Genet, as complex as Derrida, but always uniquely his own? Attitude ?Ideal for the supercool, heavy-duty intellectual in your life? Elizabeth Young
Dewey Decimal813/.54
SynopsisGhost of Chance is an adventure story set in the jungle of Madagascar and filled with the obsessions that mark the work of the man who Norman Mailer once called, "the only American writer possessed by genius." While tripping through the author's trademark concerns - drugs, paranoia, and lemurs, this short novel tells an important story about environmental devastation in a way that only Burroughs can tell it., "Ghost of Chance "is an adventure story set in the jungle of Madagascar and filled with the obsessions that mark the work of the man who Norman Mailer once called, 'the only American writer possessed by genius.' While tripping through the author's trademark concerns-drugs, paranoia, and lemurs, this short novel tells an important story about environmental devastation in a way that only Burroughs can. Born in 1914, William S. Burroughs is the author of "Junky, Naked Lunch" and "The Soft Machine "and many other contemporary classics. A major figure of 20th century American literature, Burroughs died in 1997., Ghost of Chance is an adventure story set in the jungle of Madagascar and filled with the obsessions that mark the work of the man who Norman Mailer once called, the only American writer possessed by genius. While tripping through the author's trademark concerns drugs, paranoia, and lemurs, this short novel tells an important story about environmental devastation in a way that only Burroughs can tell it.