The King of Babylon Shall Not Come Against You

by George Garrett

Twenty-five years after a bizarre series of deaths in Paradise Springs, Florida, investigative reporter Bill Tone attempts to reconstruct the events of the past, in a story that is told from the perspectives of participants and witnesses.

336 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1996

About the author

(For the British short story writer, playwright, and political activist see George Garrett)

George Palmer Garrett was an American poet and novelist. He was the Poet Laureate of Virginia from 2002 to 2006. His novels include The Finished Man, Double Vision, and the Elizabethan Trilogy, composed of Death of the Fox, The Succession, and Entered from the Sun. He worked as a book reviewer and screenwriter, and taught at Cambridge University and, for many years, at the University of Virginia. He is the subject of critical books by R. H. W. Dillard, Casey Clabough, and Irving Malin.

Reviews

[Tripp]

Develops via interviews, documents, and conversation, part of main character Billy Tone's research for a book he's writing about a bizarre set of murders that happened in his small hometown of Paradise Springs, Florida during 1968.

[Notcathy J · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cathy said this was pretty amazing, but with too much philosophizing and what was Martin Luther King doing there?

[Stephen rubin · Rating 5 out of 5]

i love this book and not just cuz the lawyer is named for me, Rubin!!!!