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Author:

Boo, Katherine.

Title:

Behind the beautiful forevers : life, death, and hope in a Mumbai undercity / Katherine Boo.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Random House,

Copyright Date:

c2011

Description:

p. cm.

Subject:

Urban poor--Mumbai.--Mumbai.

Contents:

Prologue: between roses -- Undercitizens -- Annawadi -- Asha -- Sunil -- Manju -- The business of burning -- Ghost house -- A hole she called a window -- A come-apart -- The master -- Market city -- Marquee effect -- Parrots, caught and sold -- Proper sleep -- Up and out -- Nine nights of dance -- Something shining á -- The trial -- Ice -- Black and white -- A school, a hospital, a cricket field.

ISBN:

0679645500
9780679645504 (ebook)
1400067553
9781400067558 (alk. paper)

LCCN:

2011019555

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