Ganesh Gaitonde ist der Boß einer berüchtigten Mafia-Gang, sein Wille ist das Gesetz der Straße. Allein Jojo Mascarenas, Agentin für Edelprostituierte, tritt ihm furchtlos in den Weg. Sie ist die einzige Frau, die er respektiert, obwohl sie ihn unentwegt mit seinen Schwächen konfrontiert: seinem übersteigerten Selbstwertgefühl und seiner Sentimentalität. Mehr und mehr erfüllt von einer seltsamen Leere, treibt es Gaitonde in die Fänge eines fanatischen Gurus. Als er die unheilvollen Pläne seines spirituellen Meisters durchschaut, ergreift ihn Panik. Er sucht nach einem Gesprächspartner und findet ihn – in Sartaj Singh.
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Ambientata nel vibrante e brutale paesaggio di Mumbai, quest'epica saga narra un gioco ad alto rischio tra un agente di polizia pieno di principi e un famigerato boss del crimine. Intreccia una narrazione avvincente di potere, corruzione e destino attraverso una metropoli tentacolare. La serie approfondisce gli angoli più oscuri della natura umana e l'intricata rete di relazioni che plasmano le vite dei suoi personaggi. Preparatevi per un viaggio pieno di intrighi, violenza e colpi di scena imprevisti in cui i confini tra bene e male si confondono.


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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. It is is a story of friendship and betrayal, of terrible violence, of an astonishing modern city and its dark side.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-Company, he's determined that he'll be the one to collect the prize. Vikram Chandra's keenly anticipated new novel is a magnificent story of friendship and betrayal, of terrible violence, of an astonishing modern city and its dark side. Drawing inspiration from the classics of nineteenth-century fiction, mystery novels, Bollywood movies and Chandra's own life and research on the streets of Mumbai, Sacred Games evokes with devastating realism the way we live now but resonates with the intelligence and emotional depth of the best of literature.