by John Ralston Saul · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788477350958
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«Baraka» is the international thriller novel by John Ralston Saul, published by Ediciones B in paperback, in Spanish.
An envoy to Hanoi, Martin Laing, is tasked with managing permits to drill for oil off the Vietnamese coast, and ends up in the middle of an operation to dispose of a cargo of American weapons from the Vietnam War valued at five billion dollars.
It is the first installment of the Field trilogy, translated by Benito Gómez Ibáñez, and belongs to the Éxito Internacional collection from Ediciones B.
For readers of international suspense, with a plot revolving around the remnants of the Vietnam War.
John Ralston Saul is a Canadian writer, political philosopher, and public intellectual. Saul is most widely known for his writings on the nature of individualism, citizenship and the public good; the failures of manager-led societies; the confusion between leadership and managerialism; military strategy, in particular irregular warfare; the role of freedom of speech and culture; and critiques of the prevailing economic paradigm. He is a champion of freedom of expression and was the International President of PEN International, an association of writers. Saul is the co-founder and co-chair of the Institute for Canadian Citizenship, a national charity promoting the inclusion of new citizens. He is also the co-founder and co-chair of 6 Degrees, the global forum for inclusion. Saul is also the husband to the former governor general Adrienne Clarkson, making him the Viceregal consort of Canada during most of her service (1999–2005).
