A policeman a criminal overlord a film star beggars cultists spies and terrorists-the lives of the privileged the famous the wretched and the bloodthirsty interweave with cataclysmic consequences amid the chaos of modern-day Mumbai in this soaring uncompromising and unforgettable epic masterwork of literary art. Review One of the most masterful works of literature a great crime thriller a magnifi cent city novel and an exploration of the Indian psycheHindustan TimesA masterpiece. .. this was only the second 900-page novel in my life that I never wanted to come to an endIndian ExpressSacred Games [is] as hard to put down as it is to pick upNew York Times Book ReviewAn astonishing triumph of the imagination Vir SanghviA sheer entertainment extravaganzaElle About the Author Vikram Chandras first novel Red Earth and Pouring Rain won the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First Book and the David Higham Prize. His collection of short stories Love and Longing in Bombay won the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Book (Eurasia Region). Sacred Games was awarded the Hutch Crossword Award for English Fiction and the Salon Book Award. His latest book is Mirrored Mind My Life in Letters and Code a non-fiction New York Times Editors Choice selection. Chandra is a recipient of the Guggenheim fellowship and his work has been translated into nineteen languages.
