Background
Baraka is the first book in Saul's Field Trilogy. The two other novels in the series are The Next Best Thing and The Paradise Eater, the latter of which won the Premio Letterario Internazionale in Italy.
The hardback edition (ISBN 0-246-12090-8) of Baraka is 350 pages. It was published by several publishers, including Ballantine Books, Doubleday and Golden Eagle (paperback).
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