Vikram Chandra: Sacred Games, Kartoniert / Broschiert

Kurzbeschreibung

Ein farbenprächtiges Epos, das den Leser in das heutige Bombay entführt, eine Stadt voller Widersprüche, zwischen Tradition und Moderne. Im Mittelpunkt steht Inspektor Singh, der mit dem bisher schwierigsten Fall seiner Karriere konfrontiert wird. iAn epic storyof friendships and betrayals, of terrible violence and of an astonishing city. Drawing inspiration from Victorian fiction, mystery novels and Bollywood movies this is a gripping, pacy novel of exceptional richness and power./i The international number one bestseller, now in paperback.

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...

Sacred Games is an epic novel of friendships and betrayals, of violence and love set against the backdrop of a teaming 21st century Mumbai.

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New edition of the novel which has already sold over 30, 000 copies in hardback and trade paperback, which will be accompanied by a repackaging of Chandra's backlist. His debut }Red Earth & Pouring Rain{ won the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First Book. 'Imaginatively conceptualized...' }Times Literary Supplement