Reviews
A grand story...carefully and passionately told...The temptation upon turning the last page will be to return to the first., A grand story...carefully and passionately told…The temptation upon turning the last page will be to return to the first., A work of masterfully crafted fiction...a gritty and grounded epic reminiscent of voluminous and character-rich nineteenth century literature., Chandra...knows exactly when to break rules and when to follow them...Chandra's genius is in the way he trusts his reader., Bold, fresh and big.SACRED GAMES deserves praise for its ambitions but also for its terrific achievement., Masterfully crafted fiction.the resonance and elegance...of his writing.put across the full vulnerability and humanity of his characters., Exhilaratingly ambitious and entertaining.[A] vivid portrait of the clash and jangle and excitement of modern-day Mumbai., Masterfully crafted fiction…the resonance and elegance...of his writing…put across the full vulnerability and humanity of his characters., Electrifying...Chandra pulls off some extraordinary writing...He...hands us the keys to the city and reveals its sordid mysteries., It's a rare pleasure to be arrested by this novel's thunderous momentum...Few readers will be unenthralled., Exhilaratingly ambitious and entertaining...[A] vivid portrait of the clash and jangle and excitement of modern-day Mumbai., Superb...complex, mesmerizing...a full-immersion experience, as if Dickens had written THE GODFATHER and placed it in India., SACRED GAMES won't deliver nirvana, but submerging in it, like the Ganges itself, can restore your wonder., The pacing and mother lode of cinematic details in the narrative make the journey...worth taking, even more than once., Spiced with flavors of the subcontinent, this epic novel-part crime thriller, part human drama, part travelogue-is entirely entertaining., An irresistible story that you simply cannot keep out of your head...It is, more than anything else, literary magic., Masterfully crafted fiction...the resonance and elegance...of his writing...put across the full vulnerability and humanity of his characters., Unfailingly interesting…Superbly realized…The novel bursts with characters…I almost never wanted to put it down., Bold, fresh and big...SACRED GAMES deserves praise for its ambitions but also for its terrific achievement., Ambitious, sprawling...combines the attractions of 19th-century fiction and a modern police procedural., SACRED GAMES envisions a world--an underworld actually--that is complete, persuasive, and startlingly original., Unstinting in its ambition...flourishing in its characters.[An] intriguing act of literary decolonization.Sacred Games is cinematic in scope., 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., Lavish, accomplished, and...elegant...[SACRED GAMES] offers Western readers a panoramic view of contemporary India., Bold, fresh and big…SACRED GAMES deserves praise for its ambitions but also for its terrific achievement., Rich...Utterly convincing..A monumental portrait of interwoven lives that lingers with a reader long after the case is closed., Unstinting in its ambition...flourishing in its characters...[An] intriguing act of literary decolonization...Sacred Games is cinematic in scope., Unstinting in its ambition...flourishing in its characters…[An] intriguing act of literary decolonization…Sacred Games is cinematic in scope., A grand story...carefully and passionately told.The temptation upon turning the last page will be to return to the first., A terrific, brilliant earthmover of a book. Crime and Punishment crossed with The Godfather, with some Sopranos-inspired irony.", Electrifying.Chandra pulls off some extraordinary writing.He.hands us the keys to the city and reveals its sordid mysteries., A pulsing thriller...Quite enough to enrapture a reader for 900 pages...the payoff is grand and satisfying., Exhilaratingly ambitious and entertaining…[A] vivid portrait of the clash and jangle and excitement of modern-day Mumbai., Superb.complex, mesmerizing...a full-immersion experience, as if Dickens had written THE GODFATHER and placed it in India., Chandra…knows exactly when to break rules and when to follow them…Chandra's genius is in the way he trusts his reader., Electrifying…Chandra pulls off some extraordinary writing…He…hands us the keys to the city and reveals its sordid mysteries., A genre-bending, multilayered saga...expertly paced and nuanced...A sheer entertainment extravaganza., Chandra.knows exactly when to break rules and when to follow them.Chandra's genius is in the way he trusts his reader., Unfailingly interesting...Superbly realized...The novel bursts with characters...I almost never wanted to put it down., Lavish, accomplished, and.elegant.[SACRED GAMES] offers Western readers a panoramic view of contemporary India., Unfailingly interesting.Superbly realized.The novel bursts with characters.I almost never wanted to put it down.
