false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1193064878m/91688.jpg 91688 13 <b>Babel Tower</b> follows <i>The Virgin in the Garden</i> and </i>Still Life</i> in tracing Frederica Potter, a lover of books who reflects the author's life and times. It centers around two lawsuits: in one, Frederica -- a young intellectual who has married outside her social set -- is challenging her wealthy and violent husband for custody of their child; in the other, an unkempt but charismatic rebel is charged with having written an obscene book, a novel-within-a-novel about a small band of revolutionaries who attempt to set up an ideal community. And in the background, rebellion gains a major toehold in the London of the Sixties, and society will never be the same. 1063051 book 1996 Babel Tower (The Frederica Quartet, #3) total:590|5:158|4:223|3:156|2:40|1:13| 590 2243 884 42 91688 0517277743 9780517277744 473 26 3.80 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1193064878m/91688.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91688.Babel_Tower 5 2 false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 14 14:37:38 -0700 2007 Sun Nov 04 10:27:57 -0800 2007 more...]]> 91688 0517277743 9780517277744 473 26 3.80 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1193064878m/91688.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91688.Babel_Tower 5 3 false Sun Feb 11 14:27:22 -0800 2007 Mon Feb 12 11:26:00 -0800 2007
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At the heart of the novel are two law cases, twin strands of the Establishment's web, that shape the story: a painful divorce and custody suit and the prosecution of an "obscene" book. Frederica...more...]]> 462444 0679736808 9780679736806 77 9 3.80 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174961454m/462444.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/462444.Babel_Tower 3 2 false Thu Jul 26 05:53:11 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 20 13:53:31 -0700 2007 more...]]> 91688 0517277743 9780517277744 473 26 3.80 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1193064878m/91688.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91688.Babel_Tower 5 0 false Thu Jan 22 20:34:41 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 22 21:38:50 -0800 2009 more...]]> 91688 0517277743 9780517277744 473 26 3.80 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1193064878m/91688.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91688.Babel_Tower 4 0 false Tue Sep 19 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Mon Nov 09 15:21:38 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 15:21:38 -0800 2009 3 more...]]> 91688 0517277743 9780517277744 473 26 3.80 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1193064878m/91688.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91688.Babel_Tower 2 0 true Thu Jul 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 07 19:06:37 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 03 12:06:02 -0700 2009
Byatt's Bab...more...]]> 91688 0517277743 9780517277744 473 26 3.80 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1193064878m/91688.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91688.Babel_Tower 4 0 false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Apr 23 12:20:06 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 12:29:42 -0700 2009 more...]]> 462444 0679736808 9780679736806 77 9 3.80 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174961454m/462444.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/462444.Babel_Tower 4 0 false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 15 17:55:27 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 15 17:58:27 -0700 2007
this book is certainly about that, about des...more...]]> 462444 0679736808 9780679736806 77 9 3.80 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174961454m/462444.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/462444.Babel_Tower 4 0 false Thu Jul 12 16:49:42 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 20 14:37:38 -0700 2009 more...]]> 91688 0517277743 9780517277744 473 26 3.80 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1193064878m/91688.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91688.Babel_Tower 5 1 false Sun May 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 21 16:41:13 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 11:48:36 -0700 2009
* Charles Fourier vs. Sade (in the novel, babbletower, within a novel)
* An affectionate send-up of the medievalism and attractions to Apocalyptic Blake in 60s counterculture (and a perhaps less affectionate send up of the countercultural psychology of Laing and Marcuse)
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2. Being hard to read. And not in a good way. I read for pleasure, not sheer discomf...more...]]> 462444 0679736808 9780679736806 77 9 3.80 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174961454m/462444.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/462444.Babel_Tower 4 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Tue Feb 03 10:00:38 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 03 11:07:39 -0800 2009 1 91688 0517277743 9780517277744 473 26 3.80 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1193064878m/91688.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91688.Babel_Tower 4 0 false Sun Oct 04 15:03:34 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 15:04:18 -0700 2009 91688 0517277743 9780517277744 473 26 3.80 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1193064878m/91688.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91688.Babel_Tower 0 0 false Mon Jul 20 09:06:58 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 09:07:25 -0700 2009 91688 0517277743 9780517277744 473 26 3.80 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1193064878m/91688.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91688.Babel_Tower 5 0 false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Jan 11 22:35:38 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 11 22:36:33 -0800 2009 462444 0679736808 9780679736806 77 9 3.80 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174961454m/462444.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/462444.Babel_Tower 5 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Tue Jun 05 13:35:58 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 05 13:35:58 -0700 2007 more...]]> 91688 0517277743 9780517277744 473 26 3.80 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1193064878m/91688.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91688.Babel_Tower 0 0 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Nov 26 19:42:17 -0800 2007 Wed Aug 13 13:59:57 -0700 2008 more...]]> 91688 0517277743 9780517277744 473 26 3.80 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1193064878m/91688.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91688.Babel_Tower 3 0 false Fri Jul 25 12:23:37 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 25 12:32:02 -0700 2008 more...]]> 91688 0517277743 9780517277744 473 26 3.80 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1193064878m/91688.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91688.Babel_Tower 1 0 false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 1997 Sat Sep 08 14:53:05 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 08 14:55:00 -0700 2007 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=91688