Maximum City
bombay lost and found
$42.86
- Paperback
608 pages
- Release Date
12 October 2005
Summary
Maximum City: Life on the Edge in Bombay
Bombay’s story unfolds through the lives of its inhabitants, often those teetering precariously on the edge: hitmen, dancing girls, cops, movie stars, poets, beggars, and politicians. Suketu Mehta explores the city through their perspectives.
The intricate tapestry of these remarkable narratives is woven together with Mehta’s personal history of growing up in Bombay and returning after a 21-year absence. In observing their lives, he r…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780747259695 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0747259690 |
| Series: | Review |
| Author: | Suketu Mehta |
| Publisher: | Headline Publishing Group |
| Imprint: | Headline Review |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 608 |
| Release Date: | 12 October 2005 |
| Weight: | 427g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 134mm x 38mm |
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Pick of the Week - ‘If there’s been a more striking snapshot of the changing face of Asia, I’ve never read it. With energy, wit and endless reserves of empathy, Maximum City leaves you desperate to see Bombay for yourself…’ - Sunday Times
… it is Mehta’s enthusiastic and intrepid self at the centre of his narrative that lends his account its appeal and memorable poetic charge. - ObserverMehta’s extraordinary, and extraordinarily rich book, is both testimony and warning; a snapshot of a city full of vitality and hate. - The TelegraphCombining an insider’s knowledge with a visitor’s detachment, he prises open the rotten underbelly of the city to expose an unforgettable picture of depravity, greed sectarian strife and corruption. This is a stupendous book - Mail on SundayAbout The Author
Suketu Mehta
Suketu Mehta is a fiction writer and journalist based in New York. He has won the Whiting Writers Award, the O.Henry Prize, and a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship for his fiction. His work has been published in the New York Times Magazine, Granta, Harper’s Magazine, Time and Conde Nast Traveler. Mehta also co-wrote Mission Kashmir, a Bollywood movie.
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