Sacred games
by Vikram Chandra · first published 2006
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Seven years in the making, Sacred Games is an epic of exceptional richness and power. Vikram Chandra's novel draws the reader deep into the life of Inspector Sartaj Singh—and into the criminal underworld of Ganesh Gaitonde, the most wanted gangster in India.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-C
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Look up Sacred Games by Vikram Chandra - it's a great, multilayered story. I'm hoping it will be made into a movie someday!
on “Ask HN: What is HN reading?” ↗…this brilliant piece simply says "Vikram Chandra: Writer, programmer, teacher." It wasn't until I clicked through to the linked website[0] that I realized that this was THE Vikram Chandra. His novels Sacred Games and Red Earth And Pouring Rain are very highly recommended. He also has a non-fiction book, Geek Sublime that seems somewhat related to this article. 0: http://www.vikramchandra.com/
on “Pāṇini: Catching the Ocean in a Cow’s Hoofprint” ↗…(Japan job hierarchy - here in a Police setting) John Burdett, The Last Six Million Seconds - Hong Kong will never be the same, 1997 (Hong Kong) John Burdett, Bangkok 8, 2003 (Thailand) Vikram Chandra, Sacred Games, 2006 (Mumbai) Craig Joseph Danner, Himalayan Dhaba, 2001 (India mountains) Faïza Guène, Kiffe kiffe demain, 2004 or Du rève pour les oufs, 2006 (Paris projects)
on “Ask HN: Fiction books as tours of current cultures and settings?” ↗…Customer Funded Business 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don't Do The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck The Pragmatic Programmer Outliers Delivering Happiness The Four Hour Work Week Good to Great Sacred Games Option B Entrepreneuring Pakistan Give and Take Your Money or Your Life Zero to One - Notes on Startups Pour Your Heart Into It Fourth Industrial Revolution
on “Ask HN: Books you read in 2018?” ↗Sacred Games is now on the reading list. I shall have a look at Geek Sublime at a bookshop and decide then. Quote about an earlier book from another interview... "Sometimes even you can look at something you wrote…
on “Vikram Chandra Is a Novelist Who’s Obsessed with Writing Computer Code” ↗