Baraka (novel)

Baraka (novel)

"Baraka, or the Lives, Fortunes and Sacred Honor of Anthony Smith" (commonly referred to simply as "Baraka Lives") is a novel written by Canadian writer and essayist John Ralston Saul, and first published in 1983.

"Baraka" is the first book in Saul's "Field Trilogy".

The novel is a story of a multinational oil company's attempts to gain oil rights in Vietnam by supporting an arms deal.

The hardback edition (ISBN 0-246-12090-8) of the novel is 350 pages. It was published by several publishers, including Ballantine Books, Doubleday, and Golden Eagle (paperback).


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