West of Babylon A Novel

"At its intermittent best the writing...competes with Robert Louis Stevenson's..., and there can be no higher praise for the writer of an adventure story. [But] the presiding spirit hovering over much of the writing...is that of Carlos Castaneda. Those who thought Castaneda a great writer might well revel in WEST OF BABYLON, but for anyone who found the hocus-pocus quotient in Castaneda's books intolerable, the last third of Garrigues's novel will be very hard work indeed....[T]he closing episodes of the book read like a meeting between bad Castaneda and HIGH NOON. Sadly, Castaneda seems to have won this shootout.Garrigues, Eduardo is the author of 'West of Babylon A Novel', published 2002 under ISBN 9780826323408 and ISBN 0826323405.