 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 and saw Pickering included in the Top Ten Young British Novelists. The novel received favourable reviews on both sides of the Atlantic.
Notes
- 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
- 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