Book description
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.
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.
