{"product_id":"maximum-city-bombay-lost-and-found-paperback","title":"Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSuketu Mehta\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA native of Bombay, Suketu Mehta gives us an insider's view of this stunning metropolis. He approaches the city from unexpected angles, taking us into the criminal underworld of rival Muslim and Hindu gangs, following the life of a bar dancer raised amid poverty and abuse, opening the door into the inner sanctums of Bollywood, and delving into the stories of the countless villagers who come in search of a better life and end up living on the sidewalks. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs each individual story unfolds, Mehta also recounts his own efforts to make a home in Bombay after more than twenty years abroad. Candid, impassioned, funny, and heartrending, \u003ci\u003eMaximum City\u003c\/i\u003e is a revelation of an ancient and ever-changing world.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 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. \u003cbr\u003eA 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. \u003cbr\u003eThrough it all-as each individual story unfolds-we hear Mehta's own story: of the mixture of love, frustration, fascination, and intense identification he feels for and with Bombay, as he tries to find home again after twenty-one years abroad. And he makes clear that Bombay-the world's largest city-is a harbinger of the vast megalopolises that will redefine the very idea of \"the city\" in the near future. \u003cbr\u003eCandid, impassioned, funny, and heartrending, \"Maximum City is a revelation of an ancient and ever-changing world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"From the Hardcover edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSuketu 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. Mehta's other work has been published in the\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eMagazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCondé Nast Traveler\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Village Voice\u003c\/i\u003e, and has been featured on National Public Radio's \u003ci\u003eAll Things Considered\u003c\/i\u003e. Mehta also cowrote \u003ci\u003eMission Kashmir\u003c\/i\u003e, a Bollywood movie.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 560\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 27, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755629805856,"sku":"9780375703409","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c0486c95033f930f98f90eb785c5f672.webp?v=1780064078","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/maximum-city-bombay-lost-and-found-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}