"What Dickens did for London, what Joseph Mitchell did for New York City, Suketu Mehta has done for Bombay. Candid, impassioned, funny, and heartrending,Maximum Cityis a revelation of an ancient and ever-changing world. Mehta succeeds so brilliantly in taking the pulse of this riotous urban jungle." The New York Times Book Review As each individual story unfolds, Mehta also recounts his own efforts to make a home in Bombay after more than twenty years abroad. Marvelous." Los Angeles Times Book Review "Narrative reporting at its finest, probably the best work of nonfiction to come out of India in recent years. A candid, extensive, and wholly entertaining portrait." San Diego Union-Tribune "The ultimate insider's view of Bombay, a roiling and vigorous account that delivers on a seemingly impossible challenge: how to limn the diversity and sprawl of such a place in a single book." The Seattle Times From the Trade Paperback edition., "Stunning. Candid, impassioned, funny, and heartrending, Maximum City is a revelation of an ancient and ever-changing world.
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