Dreaming of Babylon

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Dreaming of Babylon: A Private Eye Novel 1942
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First edition cover
Author Richard Brautigan
Cover artistCraig Nelson
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Publisher Delacorte Press/ Seymour Lawrence
Publication date
1977
Media typePrint (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages220
ISBN 0-440-02146-4 (hardback edition)
OCLC 2964445
813/.5/4
LC Class PZ4.B826 Dr PS3503.R2736
Preceded by Sombrero Fallout: A Japanese Novel  
Followed by So the Wind Won't Blow It All Away  

Dreaming of Babylon: A Private Eye Novel 1942 is Richard Brautigan's eighth novel and was published in 1977. It is a black comedy set in San Francisco in 1942. The central character, C. Card, is no Sam Spade, but actually does do detective work of a sort, when he's not off dreaming of Babylon.


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