Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found - Suketu Mehta
Bombay Lost and Found
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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-from an award-winning Indian-American fiction writer and journalist. A native of Bombay, Suketu Mehta gives us a true insider's view of this stunning city, bringing to his account a rare level of insight, detail, and intimacy. He approaches the city from unexpected angles-taking us into the criminal underworld of rival Muslim and Hindu gangs who wrest control of the city's byzantine political and commercial systems . . . following the life of a bar dancer who chose the only life available to her after a childhood of poverty and abuse . . . opening the doors onto the fantastic, hierarchical inner sanctums of Bollywood . . . delving into the stories of the countless people who come from the villages in search of a better life and end up living on the sidewalks-the essential saga of a great city endlessly played out. Through it all-as each individual story unfol...
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2005Uitgever: Headline Review608 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 0747259690ISBN-13: 9780747259695Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Dikke pocket in zeer goede staat. Rechte rug. Engelstalig. Prima ex.; 2005; Reprint; Review; 595 pagina's; Titel: Maximum City. - Bombay Lost and Found; Ref: 210441 / H24P723B
