Ghost of Chance

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Ghost of Chance

1995 High Risk Books hardcover edition
Author William S. Burroughs
Country United States
Language English
Genre(s) Novella, Adventure novel
Publisher Whitney Museum of American Art
Publication date 1991
Media type Print (Hardcover and Paperback)
ISBN ISBN 1-85242-406-0 (1995 edition)

Ghost of Chance is an adventure novella written by Beat Generation author William S. Burroughs. The story was first published in 1991 in a special limited edition by the Library Fellows of the Whitney Museum of American Art; this was followed by a mass market hardcover edition in 1995 by High Risk Books and a paperback edition was published after Burroughs' death.

The novella, set in Madagascar, initially focuses on a character named Captain Mission, and is described on the back cover of the 1995 edition as being "an important story about environmental devastation".