How Many Miles to Babylon? (novel) How Many Miles to Babylon? (novel) How Many Miles to Babylon? is a novel by Irish writer Jennifer Johnston, first published in 1974. The novel explores the relationship of two men, an Anglo-Irish aristocrat, Alexander Moore, and a lower class son of a labourer on his lands, Jerry, as they experience the First World War. The story is the complex tale of a friendship between two boys in Ireland prior to and during World War I. Alec, the son of Anglo-Irish parents grows up lonely and friendless on his parents' estate in Wicklow during the early years of the 20th
Love Is a Many-Splintered Thing people. This made it the second most watched show on Fox's Animation Domination line up that night after "Family Guy", beating "Bob's Burgers, American Dad!", and "The Cleveland Show". The episode was met with mostly negative reviews, with Robert David Sullivan of "The A.V. Club" giving it a D+, saying, "This is an unusually focused story for The Simpsons, but it's padded out by self-deprecating cameos and perfunctory, "Family Guy"-style celebrity impressions." Rob H. Dawson of "TV Equals" said, "I just found 'Love is a Many Splintered Thing' to be completely boring and unsatisfying, is all." Love Is a Many-Splintered