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By turns comic and tragic, tender and brutal, religious and blasphemous, the narrative rockets from London to the United States to Vietnam to interstellar space, familiar events are constantly fragmented and reset into new patterns, and ultimately Babel becomes a cautionary tale about the tragedy arising from attempting to build Utopia.

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Cerebral audiovisual exercise. * Kirkus Reviews *
Alan Burns's novels deserve the attention of serious readers. -- David W. Madden
One of the two or three most interesting new novelists working in England. -- Angus Wilson

Babel Calder Publications

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A Paperback / softback by Alan Burns

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    Publisher: Alma Books Ltd
    Publication Date: 03/10/2019
    ISBN13: 9780714549170, 978-0714549170
    ISBN10: 0714549177

    Description

    Book Synopsis
    By turns comic and tragic, tender and brutal, religious and blasphemous, the narrative rockets from London to the United States to Vietnam to interstellar space, familiar events are constantly fragmented and reset into new patterns, and ultimately Babel becomes a cautionary tale about the tragedy arising from attempting to build Utopia.

    Trade Review
    Cerebral audiovisual exercise. * Kirkus Reviews *
    Alan Burns's novels deserve the attention of serious readers. -- David W. Madden
    One of the two or three most interesting new novelists working in England. -- Angus Wilson

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