| Dreaming of Babylon: A Private Eye Novel 1942 | |
| Author: | Richard Brautigan |
| Cover Artist: | Craig Nelson |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher: | Delacorte Press/ Seymour Lawrence |
| Release Date: | 1977 |
| Media Type: | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages: | 220 |
| Isbn: | 0-440-02146-4 |
| Isbn Note: | (hardback edition) |
| Dewey: | 813/.5/4 |
| Congress: | PZ4.B826 Dr PS3503.R2736 |
| Oclc: | 2964445 |
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.