Ghost of Chance (High Risk Books) - Softcover

Burroughs, William S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1852424575 ISBN 13: 9781852424572

Publisher: Serpent's Tail, 2002

Synopsis

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.

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Review:

?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

Synopsis:

William Burroughs shot his wife. But he was very kind to cats...This adventure story set in the jungle of Madagascar starts with a pirate on Madagascar who develops an obsessive relationship with a lemur and attempts to set up a Utoplan society. It then spins out to take in famllar Burroughs obsessions: drugs, paranoia, the origins of disease and the devastation of the universe - the obsessions that mark the work of the man who Norman Mailer once called, "the only American writer possessed by genlus." Driven by his concern about global environmental catastrophe. Burroughs concocts a powerful moral brew in one of his most accessible and finest books.

About this edition

• Publisher: Serpent's Tail
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1852424575
• ISBN 13: 9781852424572
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 90