Maximum City by Suketu Mehta
Bombay Lost and Found
This book offers a comprehensive exploration of Mumbai (formerly known as Bombay), one of the world's largest and most complex cities. The author weaves together personal experiences, interviews and observations to paint a vivid picture of the city's diverse inhabitants and their daily lives. The narrative delves into the city’s underworld, its entertainment industry, its religious tensions, and its political landscape, providing an in-depth look at the dichotomies of wealth and poverty, modernity and tradition, and order and chaos that define Mumbai.
The 6420th greatest book of all time
- Published
- 2004
- Nationality
- American
- Length
- Long
- Pages
- 584
- Words
- 200,000
- Original Language
- English
- Alternate Titles
- None
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This book is on the following 3 lists:
- 89th on The 100 Best Books of the Decade(2000) (Times)
- 60 Essential English-Language Works of Modern Indian Literature (World Literature Today)
- The 50 Best Books of Literary Journalism (GQ)