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4.33 of 5 stars
Set around the wooden snack bars in a Bratislava of thieves and pornographers, the characters of Rivers of Babylon sink to new depths and rise to n... read full description

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Dec 01, 2008
Harry rated it: 3 of 5 stars
This is the sequel to Rivers of Babylon, which I read recently, and book two of a trilogy.

Rivers of Babylon, you may remember, follows a character called Rácz as he fights his way up from stoking the boilers of a big hotel in Bratislava to become a powerful businessman/crime lord. The Wooden Village focuses on one of the minor characters from that novel: Freddy Piggybank, who works in the hotel car park.

I didn't think it was quite so successful; it suffers not so much fro More...
Dec 30, 2011
!Tæmbuŝu marked it as to-read
Feb 10, 2012
David marked it as to-read
Jan 25, 2012
Maja marked it as to-read
Dec 30, 2011
Miriama rated it: 5 of 5 stars
Dec 29, 2011
Lucia rated it: 5 of 5 stars
Aug 07, 2011
Patrick rated it: 5 of 5 stars
Aug 02, 2011
vanilkka marked it as to-read
Jul 31, 2011
Rodney rated it: 4 of 5 stars
Jun 14, 2011
John rated it: 4 of 5 stars
Jun 10, 2011
Jeff marked it as to-read
Nov 22, 2010
Bill marked it as to-read
Feb 04, 2009
Stewart marked it as to-read