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Maximum City

Author: Suketu Mehta
SKU: 9780747259695

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An international bestseller upon publication, MAXIMUM CITY was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and remains a classic study of the metropolis of Bombay. ‘If there’s been a more striking snapshot of the changing face of Asia, I’ve never read it’ Sunday TimesBombay’s story is told through the lives, often desperately near the edge, of some of the people who live there. Hitmen, dancing girls, cops, movie stars, poets, beggars and politicians – Suketu looked at the city through their eyes.

The complex texture of these extraordinary tales is threaded together by Suketu Mehta’s own history of growing up in Bombay and returning to live there after a 21-year absence, and in looking through the eyes of his found the city within himself. Part memoir, part journalism, part travelogue, and written with the relentless observation and patience of a novelist, Maximum City is a brilliantly illuminating portrait of Bombay and its people – a book as vast, diverse, and rich in experience, incident, and sensation as the city itself.

  • Classifications: India,
  • Readership:General (US: Trade)
  • Format: Paperback softback 608 pages

ISBN : 9780747259695

Published : 5 Sep 2005

Author : Suketu Mehta

Main Material : Paperback softback

Publisher : Headline Publishing Group

Size : 196 x 130 x 39 (mm)

Weight : 426g

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