| 词条 | Rivers of Babylon (novel) |
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}}{{infobox book | | name = Rivers of Babylon | title_orig = | translator = Peter Petro | image = Rivers of Babylon (novel).jpg | caption = | author = Peter Pišťanek | illustrator = | cover_artist = | country = Czechoslovakia | language = English | series = | genre = Thriller | publisher = Garnett Press | pub_date = 1991 | english_pub_date = 2007 | media_type = Print | pages = 259 | isbn = 978-0-9535878-4-1 | congress= PG5439.26.I77 R5813 2007 | oclc= 180496688 | preceded_by = | followed_by = Mladý Dônč }} 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 adaptationA film of Rivers of Babylon was released in 1998 in Slovak. It was directed by Vladimir Balco and produced by Marian Urban. Music for the film was composed by Jaroslav Filip. See also
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