Maximum city by suketu mehta

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What dickens did for london, what joseph mitchell did for new york city, suketu mehta has done for bombay. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 542 pages and is available in paperback format. A little more on names and naming in suketu mehta pennathurs criticisms prompted me to read past the first 50 pages of suketu mehtas book maximum city, partly in the interest of finding out the exact quote. Maximum city is new yorkbased writer suketu mehtas vast and occasionally riveting recounting of his return to the home of his youth, bombay. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Nearly halfway into maximum city, suketu mehta fetches up at. It was published in hardcover by random houses alfred a. A brilliantly illuminating portrait of bombay and its peoplea book as vast, diverse, and rich in experience, incident, and sensation as the city itselffrom an awardwinning indianamerican fiction writer and journalist. Maximum city book chicago public library bibliocommons. His work has been published in the new yorker, the new york times magazine, national geographic, granta, harpers, time, and gq. Suketu mehta tells a story about pinkie fingers, dancing and kissing. In suketu mehtas maximum city, a book on the city of mumbai published in 2004, the author gives you vivid images of the city from different angles. Mar 12, 2020 a brilliantly illuminating portrait of bombay and its peoplea book as vast, diverse, and rich in experience, incident, and sensation as the city itselffrom an awardwinning indianamerican fiction writer and journalist. His work has been published in the new yorker, the new york times magazine, national geographic, granta, harpers magazine, time and newsweek, and has been featured on nprs fresh air and.

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