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    Sacred Games is a mystery/thriller novel published in 2006 by Vikram Chandra. It received critical acclaim and won the Vodafone Crossword Book Award. The novel runs on two parallel tracks, one following a criminal underworld in Mumbai in the 1980s-1990s, and the other an investigation into the last words of a dead gangster. It was later adapted into a Netflix original series in 2018.

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    Sacred Games is a mystery/thriller novel published in 2006 by Vikram Chandra. It received critical acclaim and won the Vodafone Crossword Book Award. The novel runs on two parallel tracks, one following a criminal underworld in Mumbai in the 1980s-1990s, and the other an investigation into the last words of a dead gangster. It was later adapted into a Netflix original series in 2018.

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    The novel Sacred Games is about the criminal underworld in Mumbai in the 1980s-1990s and a modern-day police investigation into the final words of a notorious gangster. It follows two parallel tracks - one through the criminal world and one through the police investigation.

    The novel Sacred Games is a mystery/thriller about Mumbai's most legendary crime boss Ganesh Gaitonde and Inspector Sartaj Singh's investigation into Gaitonde's final words before suicide.

    One track follows the criminal underworld in Mumbai in the 1980s-1990s and the other track follows a modern-day police investigation into a gangster's final words.

    Sacred Games

    (novel)

    Sacred Games is a mystery/thriller novel


    by Vikram Chandra published in 2006.
    Upon release, it received critical acclaim
    and subsequently won the Vodafone
    Crossword Book Award.[1]
    Sacred Games

    Author Vikram Chandra

    Country India

    Language English

    Genre Novels
    Publisher HarperCollins
    Publication date 2006

    Media type Print (Hardcover)

    Pages 928 pages

    ISBN 0-06-113035-4

    OCLC 74556544

    Dewey Decimal 823/.92 22

    LC Class PS3553.H27165 S23


    2007

    Premise
    Sacred Games runs mostly on two parallel
    tracks. One winding through the criminal
    underworld of Mumbai (then Bombay) in
    the 1980s and 1990s, and the other
    through a tense modern-day hunt for the
    explanation behind a notorious dead
    gangster's bizarre final words. The only
    Sikh police officer in the city, Inspector
    Sartaj Singh, is seemingly invited to pursue
    Mumbai's most legendary crime boss
    Ganesh Gaitonde. Gaitonde reveals a
    harrowing timeline and a few hints of the
    identity of his collaborators before taking
    his own life.

    Publication history
    The book earned Chandra a rumored US$
    1 million advance from HarperCollins.[2]
    The initial print run was 200,000 copies.
    However, the book sold less than expected
    and it is estimated that the advance
    gained $655,750.[3] It was critically
    praised, winning the 2006 Vodafone
    Crossword Book Award.

    Adaptation
    Netflix, in partnership with Phantom Films,
    announced Sacred Games, a Netflix
    Original series based on the novel in June
    2016. The series, primarily in Hindi, was
    shot on location in India, and released
    worldwide on Netflix on 6 July 2018.[4] The
    series features Saif Ali Khan as police
    officer Sartaj Singh, Nawazuddin Siddiqui
    as gangster Ganesh Gaitonde and Radhika
    Apte as RAW analyst Anjali Mathur. The
    series consists of eight episodes of 45
    minutes each directed by Anurag Kashyap
    and Vikramaditya Motwane. In an
    interview published on DNA, Saif Ali Khan
    claimed that Sacred Games will be a four
    part series.[5]

    Awards and nominations


    2007: Awarded Salon Book Award
    2007: Nominated National Book Critics
    Circle Award
    2006: Awarded Hutch Crossword Book
    award

    See also
    Shantaram
    Maximum City

    References
    1. http://vikramchandra.com/Default.as
    px?tabid=133
    2. Gray, Paul. "Sacred Games By Vikram
    Chandra - Books - Review" . Retrieved
    13 August 2018.
    3. "The End" . New York. Retrieved
    14 September 2019.
    4. "Netflix Announces First Original
    Series India In Partnership With
    Phantom Films Based On The
    Critically Acclaimed Novel Sacred
    Games" . PR Newswire. Netflix.
    Retrieved 6 June 2016.
    5. "Saif Ali Khan reveals that Sacred
    Games will be a 4-part series" . DNA
    India. 8 May 2018. Retrieved 18 May
    2019.

    External links
    Review/interview Salon.com
    Retrieved from
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?
    title=Sacred_Games_(novel)&oldid=995855232"

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