Vikram Chandra

An enormously satisfying, exciting, and enriching book, Vikram Chandra's novel draws the reader deep into the lives of detective Sartaj Singh and Ganesh Gaitonde, the most wanted gangster in India. Sartaj, the only Sikh inspector in the whole of Mumbai, is used to being identified by his turban, beard, and the sharp cut of his trousers. But "the silky Sikh"...