This beautiful first printing is in near fine condition, with no marks or tears, and only minimal shelf wear. The pages are tight, unmarked, and the book is tight, square, and unmarked. Babel Tower is a 1996 novel by A. S. Byatt, the third book in her Frederica Quartet, which follows the intellectual and emotional journey of Frederica Potter, a brilliant and ambitious woman navigating life in mid-20th-century England. This novel deepens Frederica's character while engaging with broader debates on language, identity, and societal transformation during the 1960s.