| Rivers of Babylon | |
| Translator: | Peter Petro[1] |
| Author: | Peter Pišťanek |
| Country: | Czechoslovakia |
| Language: | Slovak |
| Genre: | Thriller |
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| Pub Date: | 1991 |
| English Pub Date: | 2007 |
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| Pages: | 259 |
| Isbn: | 978-0-9535878-4-1 |
| Congress: | PG5439.26.I77 R5813 2007 |
| Oclc: | 180496688 |
| Followed By: | Mladý Dônč |
Rivers of Babylon is a 1991 thriller novel by Slovak author Peter Pišťanek.[2]
The plot focuses on the criminal underworld of Bratislava, around the time of the Velvet Revolution. The characters—a collection of pimps, prostitutes, and swindlers—are all seeking a better life, which in their respective worlds means to deceive, exploit, and destroy everyone around them. A villager, Rácz, is gradually caught up in this world of greed, money, and desire for power.
A film of the same name, directed by Vladimir Balco and produced by Marian Urban, was released in 1998. Jaroslav Filip composed the soundtrack.[3]