Sacred Games
Mar 2011 · Faber & Faber
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An enormously satisfying, exciting and enriching book, Vikram Chandra's novel draws the reader deep into the lives of detective Sartaj Singh and Ganesh Gaitonde, the most wanted gangster in India.
Sartaj, the only Sikh inspector in the whole of Mumbai, is used to being identified by his turban, beard and the sharp cut of his trousers. But 'the silky Sikh' is now past forty, his marriage is over and his career prospects are on the slide. When Sartaj gets an anonymous tip off as to the secret hideout of the legendary boss of the G-company, he's determined that he'll be the one to collect the prize.
This is a sprawling, epic novel of friendships and betrayals, of terrible violence, of an astonishing modern city and its underworld. Drawing on the best of Victorian fiction, mystery novels, Bollywood movies and Vikram Chandra's years of first hand research on the streets of Mumbai, this novel reads like a potboiling page-turner but resonates with the intelligence and emotional depth of the best of literature.
Sartaj, the only Sikh inspector in the whole of Mumbai, is used to being identified by his turban, beard and the sharp cut of his trousers. But 'the silky Sikh' is now past forty, his marriage is over and his career prospects are on the slide. When Sartaj gets an anonymous tip off as to the secret hideout of the legendary boss of the G-company, he's determined that he'll be the one to collect the prize.
This is a sprawling, epic novel of friendships and betrayals, of terrible violence, of an astonishing modern city and its underworld. Drawing on the best of Victorian fiction, mystery novels, Bollywood movies and Vikram Chandra's years of first hand research on the streets of Mumbai, this novel reads like a potboiling page-turner but resonates with the intelligence and emotional depth of the best of literature.
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Mick Boreham
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September 27, 2017
27th Sept. 2017 I am trying to download this book but the ACSM link is corrupted and not recognised by Adobe Digital Editions version 3.0 and version 4.5 which both give the following message Unable to download Error getting license. License Server Communication Problem: E_Adept_Document_Type_Unknown: Have logged the issue with Google Play support team and they are working to get the problem resolved in the next 3 to 5 days. This message is placed at their request to highlight the issue to other potential purchasers.
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Chetan Samdadiya
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November 16, 2018
I think the author did not hire a good editor. This book could have easily trimmed by 500 - 600 pages. Anyway story is good but to much micro details of the character not part of the main story. And yes you sleep during the Climax of the book.
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Sam Dhiman
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October 11, 2018
This is the best of the best! Satisfyingly immersive and thrillingly entertaining reading experience. If you like India or are from India, "Don't miss this one!". And I am not a troll or a friend of the author! ;-)✌
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About the author
Vikram Chandra was born in New Delhi. His first novel, Red Earth and Pouring Rain (1995) won the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First Book and the David Higham Prize. His collection of short stories, Love and Longing in Bombay (1997) won the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Book (Eurasia region) and was short-listed for the Guardian Fiction Prize. He has co-written Mission Kashmir, an Indian feature film. Vikram Chandra currently divides his time between Mumbai and Berkeley, where he teaches at the University of California. His work has been translated into eleven languages.
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