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The Way to Babylon (Paperback)

by Paul Kearney (Author)
5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Gollancz; New edition edition (15 Jul 1993)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0575055693
  • ISBN-13: 978-0575055698
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,020,012 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Riven had been a successful fantasy writer, until the accident which killed his wife. Retreating to a remote cottage he doubts whether he will ever write again. Then a stranger arrives who takes him on a journey to the world of his novels, which is being poisoned by his pain.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Everthing you could want in a fantasy novel, 28 April 2000
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This review is from: The Way to Babylon (Hardcover)
This is the best book I have read in a long time. I'd never heard of Paul Kearney before, and I found a copy of this in a second hand book shop. How could anybody part with a novel like this? It is absolutley fantastic and I am currently on a mission to find every book written by this Kearney fellow. Remarkable.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Very good, 13 Mar 2008
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A rather lyrically done tale of a fantasy novelist who is recovering from an accident in which his wife died, and finds himself sucked bodily into the world he has created - or has he? Was it perhaps "really" there all the time?

The protagonist's grief and healing are nicely observed. It would be very easy to fall into being twee with a plot like this, and Kearney skilfully avoids that trap. All very well described.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Sublime., 27 April 2000
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This an amazing first time book by an author who will soon rival Kay and Gemmill! Tremendous...
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This is an excellent book. A real page turner with lots of gritty realism and vivid fantasy.Very, very difficult to put down.
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