Sacred Games: A Novel (Library Binder)
ISBN:
9781433249532 (1433249537)
Publish date: October 1st 2009
Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Literature,
Cultural,
Mystery,
Contemporary,
India,
Asian Literature,
Indian Literature,
Asia,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Crime
I'd seen this around a lot, liked the cover, knew nothing about it. Found it for extra cheap, took a look and... crime novel, Dickensian epic saga, AND the author lists some of his favorite Bollywood movies in the back? Yes!
WOW. What a book! It's over 900pp long! It's as overwhelming and complex and befuddling as Bharat itself is, for an uninitiated Murrikin tourist.It's also fabuolously, gorgeously wrought, and very much worthy of being a bestseller. It never will be, for several reasons.First: It has, and needs, a gl...
I really enjoyed most of the novel. And then the sewing up of loose edges and the overexplaining of every last detail ensued. Maybe I would have really loved it if it had been edited a little more. Maybe if it lost a few pounds and pages.