Rivers of Babylon is a 1991 thriller novel by Slovak author Peter Pišťanek.

[2] The plot focuses on the criminal underworld of Bratislava, around the time of the Velvet Revolution.

The characters—a collection of pimps, prostitutes, and swindlers—are all seeking a better life, which in their respective worlds means to deceive, exploit, and destroy everyone around them.

A villager, Rácz, is gradually caught up in this world of greed, money, and desire for power.

A film of the same name, directed by Vladimir Balco and produced by Marian Urban, was released in 1998.