num_pages: 174
description: Dreaming of Babylon: A Private Eye Novel 1942 is Richard Brautigan's eighth novel &amp; was published in 1977. It's 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.
language: English
title: Dreaming of Babylon
titlecomplete: Dreaming of Babylon
characters: C. Card
genres: American, Fantasy, Mystery, The United States Of America, Humor, Novels, 20th Century, Literature, Fiction, Crime
ratings_count: 3697
places: The United States of America, San Francisco, California
publisher: Delacorte Pr