Rivers of Babylon (novel)

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Rivers of Babylon

First edition (Slovak)
Author	Peter Pišťanek
Translator	Peter Petro
Country	Czechoslovakia
Language	English
Genre	Thriller
Publisher	Archa Garnett Press
Publication date	1991
Published in English	2007
Media type	Print
Pages	259
ISBN	978-0-9535878-4-1
OCLC	180496688
LC Class	PG5439.26.I77 R5813 2007
Followed by

Rivers of Babylon is a 1991 thriller novel by Peter Pišťanek.

The plot focuses on the criminal underworld of Bratislava, Slovakia, around the time of the Velvet Revolution. The characters - a collection of pimps, prostitutes and swindlers - are all seeking to make themselves a better life, which in each of their worlds means to deceive, use and destroy everyone around them. A villager, Rácz, is gradually caught up this world of greed, money and desire for power.

Movie adaptation[]

A film of Rivers of Babylon was released in 1998 in Slovak. It was directed by and produced by . Music for the film was composed by Jaroslav Filip.

See also[]

• Literature in Slovakia

References[]

External links[]

• Review of Rivers of Babylon in The Independent 25/01/08

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