The Blue Gate of Babylon
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| Author | Paul Pickering |
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| 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]