Sacred Games: A Novel
Autor Vikram Chandraen Limba Engleză Hardback – 8 ian 2007
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Sartaj, one of the very few Sikhs on the Mumbai police force, 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 hide-out of the legendary boss of G-Company, he's determined that he'll be the one to collect the prize.
Vikram Chandra's keenly anticipated new novel is a magnificent story of friendship and betrayal, of terrible violence, of an astonishing modern city and its dark side. Drawing inspiration from the classics of nineteenth-century fiction, mystery novels, Bollywood movies and Chandra's own life and research on the streets of Mumbai,Sacred Gamesevokes with devastating realism the way we live now but resonates with the intelligence and emotional depth of the best of literature.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780061130359
ISBN-10: 0061130354
Pagini: 928
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 50 mm
Greutate: 1.31 kg
Ediția:Us.
Editura: HarperCollins Publishers
Colecția Harper
Locul publicării:New York, NY
ISBN-10: 0061130354
Pagini: 928
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 50 mm
Greutate: 1.31 kg
Ediția:Us.
Editura: HarperCollins Publishers
Colecția Harper
Locul publicării:New York, NY
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Recenzii
“SACRED
GAMES
[is]
as
hard
to
put
down
as
it
is
to
pick
up.”
“Page after page it plucks me from the here and now.”
“Chandra gives a startling, blood-pumping fallible humanity to his characters.”
“Ravishing…Extraordinary...A chaotic and luminous whole.”
“Chandra…knows exactly when to break rules and when to follow them…Chandra’s genius is in the way he trusts his reader.”
“Ambitious, sprawling...combines the attractions of 19th-century fiction and a modern police procedural.”
“A genre-bending, multilayered saga...expertly paced and nuanced...A sheer entertainment extravaganza.”
“As sprawling as the heat-drenched city it richly portrays.”
“Bold, fresh and big…SACRED GAMES deserves praise for its ambitions but also for its terrific achievement.”
“Monumental…Chandra brilliantly evokes...Mumbai...in all its vibrant chaos.”
“It’s a rare pleasure to be arrested by this novel’s thunderous momentum...Few readers will be unenthralled.”
“[Sacred Games] brings us to India in full force…Impossibly rich.”
“makes palpable a very foreign city, explores deep moral questions...BUY IT.”
“SACRED GAMES envisions a world--an underworld actually--that is complete, persuasive, and startlingly original.”
“One of the most brilliant...tales I’ve read in years...SACRED GAMES is compulsively readable.”
“Intoxicating... SACRED GAMES offers up a world worthy of the effort required to take it all in.”
“A terrific, brilliant earthmover of a book. Crime and Punishment crossed with The Godfather, with some Sopranos-inspired irony.””
“The pacing and mother lode of cinematic details in the narrative make the journey...worth taking, even more than once.”
“Well-written entertainment…a plot of Victorian complexity.”
“Electrifying…Chandra pulls off some extraordinary writing…He…hands us the keys to the city and reveals its sordid mysteries.”
“A work of masterfully crafted fiction...a gritty and grounded epic reminiscent of voluminous and character-rich nineteenth century literature.”
“SACRED GAMES won’t deliver nirvana, but submerging in it, like the Ganges itself, can restore your wonder.”
“A grand story...carefully and passionately told…The temptation upon turning the last page will be to return to the first.”
“Unfailingly interesting…Superbly realized…The novel bursts with characters…I almost never wanted to put it down.”
“A pulsing thriller...Quite enough to enrapture a reader for 900 pages...the payoff is grand and satisfying.”
“Spiced with flavors of the subcontinent, this epic novel-part crime thriller, part human drama, part travelogue-is entirely entertaining.”
“Exhilaratingly ambitious and entertaining…[A] vivid portrait of the clash and jangle and excitement of modern-day Mumbai.”
“An irresistible story that you simply cannot keep out of your head...It is, more than anything else, literary magic.”
“Dazzling…Chandra’s sure-handed writing injects the novel with layers of depth and meaning.”
“Lavish, accomplished, and…elegant…[SACRED GAMES] offers Western readers a panoramic view of contemporary India.”
“Superb…complex, mesmerizing...a full-immersion experience, as if Dickens had written THE GODFATHER and placed it in India.”
“Exquisite...A passionate tribute to contemporary India.”
“A remarkable blend of literary novel and potboiler.”
“Rich...Utterly convincing..A monumental portrait of interwoven lives that lingers with a reader long after the case is closed.”
“Riveting...A splendidly big, finely made book destined to dazzle a big audience.”
“Masterfully crafted fiction…the resonance and elegance...of his writing…put across the full vulnerability and humanity of his characters.”
“A classical Bombay underworld epic...Raymond Chandler with songs.”
“Unstinting in its ambition...flourishing in its characters…[An] intriguing act of literary decolonization…Sacred Games is cinematic in scope.”
“Page after page it plucks me from the here and now.”
“Chandra gives a startling, blood-pumping fallible humanity to his characters.”
“Ravishing…Extraordinary...A chaotic and luminous whole.”
“Chandra…knows exactly when to break rules and when to follow them…Chandra’s genius is in the way he trusts his reader.”
“Ambitious, sprawling...combines the attractions of 19th-century fiction and a modern police procedural.”
“A genre-bending, multilayered saga...expertly paced and nuanced...A sheer entertainment extravaganza.”
“As sprawling as the heat-drenched city it richly portrays.”
“Bold, fresh and big…SACRED GAMES deserves praise for its ambitions but also for its terrific achievement.”
“Monumental…Chandra brilliantly evokes...Mumbai...in all its vibrant chaos.”
“It’s a rare pleasure to be arrested by this novel’s thunderous momentum...Few readers will be unenthralled.”
“[Sacred Games] brings us to India in full force…Impossibly rich.”
“makes palpable a very foreign city, explores deep moral questions...BUY IT.”
“SACRED GAMES envisions a world--an underworld actually--that is complete, persuasive, and startlingly original.”
“One of the most brilliant...tales I’ve read in years...SACRED GAMES is compulsively readable.”
“Intoxicating... SACRED GAMES offers up a world worthy of the effort required to take it all in.”
“A terrific, brilliant earthmover of a book. Crime and Punishment crossed with The Godfather, with some Sopranos-inspired irony.””
“The pacing and mother lode of cinematic details in the narrative make the journey...worth taking, even more than once.”
“Well-written entertainment…a plot of Victorian complexity.”
“Electrifying…Chandra pulls off some extraordinary writing…He…hands us the keys to the city and reveals its sordid mysteries.”
“A work of masterfully crafted fiction...a gritty and grounded epic reminiscent of voluminous and character-rich nineteenth century literature.”
“SACRED GAMES won’t deliver nirvana, but submerging in it, like the Ganges itself, can restore your wonder.”
“A grand story...carefully and passionately told…The temptation upon turning the last page will be to return to the first.”
“Unfailingly interesting…Superbly realized…The novel bursts with characters…I almost never wanted to put it down.”
“A pulsing thriller...Quite enough to enrapture a reader for 900 pages...the payoff is grand and satisfying.”
“Spiced with flavors of the subcontinent, this epic novel-part crime thriller, part human drama, part travelogue-is entirely entertaining.”
“Exhilaratingly ambitious and entertaining…[A] vivid portrait of the clash and jangle and excitement of modern-day Mumbai.”
“An irresistible story that you simply cannot keep out of your head...It is, more than anything else, literary magic.”
“Dazzling…Chandra’s sure-handed writing injects the novel with layers of depth and meaning.”
“Lavish, accomplished, and…elegant…[SACRED GAMES] offers Western readers a panoramic view of contemporary India.”
“Superb…complex, mesmerizing...a full-immersion experience, as if Dickens had written THE GODFATHER and placed it in India.”
“Exquisite...A passionate tribute to contemporary India.”
“A remarkable blend of literary novel and potboiler.”
“Rich...Utterly convincing..A monumental portrait of interwoven lives that lingers with a reader long after the case is closed.”
“Riveting...A splendidly big, finely made book destined to dazzle a big audience.”
“Masterfully crafted fiction…the resonance and elegance...of his writing…put across the full vulnerability and humanity of his characters.”
“A classical Bombay underworld epic...Raymond Chandler with songs.”
“Unstinting in its ambition...flourishing in its characters…[An] intriguing act of literary decolonization…Sacred Games is cinematic in scope.”
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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. Sacred Games is an epic novel of friendships and betrayals, of violence and love set against the backdrop of a teaming 21st century Mumbai.
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. Sacred Games is an epic novel of friendships and betrayals, of violence and love set against the backdrop of a teaming 21st century Mumbai.
Premii
- National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist, 2007