Baraka (novel)

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Baraka, or the Lives, Fortunes and Sacred Honor of Anthony Smith (commonly referred to simply as Baraka) 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 attempts to gain oil rights in Vietnam by supporting an arms deal.

The hardback edition (ISBN 0246120908) of the novel is 350 pages. It was published by several publishers, including Ballantine Books, Doubleday, and Golden Eagle (paperback).