Baraka (novel)
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Not to be confused with Baraka (film).
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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