The Blue Gate of Babylon
 First edition | |
| Author | Paul Pickering |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Literary Fiction |
| Publisher | Chatto & Windus |
Publication date | 1989 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (Hardback), (Paperback) |
| Pages | 266 |
| ISBN | 0-7011-3413-5 |
The Blue Gate of Babylon is the third comic novel by British writer Paul Pickering. It was published by Chatto & Windus and Penguin Books in the United Kingdom and Random House in the United States, was long-listed for the Booker Prize, became a New York Times notable book of the year[1] and saw Pickering included in the Top Ten Young British Novelists.[2] The novel received favourable reviews on both sides of the Atlantic.[3]
Notes
[edit]- ^ The New York Times book review, 17 December 1989, and "Notable Books of the Year", 2 December 1990
- ^ "Best of Young British", W H Smith News, May 1985
- ^ Book review, The New York Times, 17 December 1989; Notable Books of the Year, The New York Times, 2 December 1990; The Best of Young British, W H Smith news, May 1985; Chattanooga Times Free Press, 13 December 1989; Peter Revzin, The Wall Street Journal, 15 December 1989; Cressida Connolly, Literary Review, April 1989; Le Monde, 24 April 1995; "Ian Fleming gone berserk", Boyd Tonkin, New Statesman, 7 April 1989; Times Literary Supplement, 19 May 1989; Thomas Gaughan, Booklist, 11 January 1989; Martin Seymour-Smith, The Sunday Times, 9 April 1989
External links
[edit]- Debrett's People of Today 21 August 2005
- Collected reviews
- Paul Pickering at Simon & Schuster USA.
- Paul Pickering at Simon & Schuster UK.
- Paul Pickering's website