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Boo, Katherine.
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Urban poor -- India -- Bombay.
National Book Awards.
Mumbai (India) -- Economic conditions -- 21st century.
Mumbai (India) -- Social conditions.
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Boo, Katherine.
Urban poor -- India -- Bombay.
National Book Awards.
Mumbai (India) -- Economic conditions -- 21st century.
Mumbai (India) -- Social conditions.
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Behind
the
beautiful
forevers
: [
life
,
death
, and
hope
in a
Mumbai
undercity
] / Katherine Boo.
by
Boo, Katherine.
Random House, c2012.
Call #:
305.56 B724b
Subjects
Urban poor -- India -- Bombay.
National Book Awards.
Mumbai
(India) -- Economic conditions -- 21st century.
Mumbai
(India) -- Social conditions.
ISBN:
9781400067558 (alk. paper)
1400067553 (alk. paper)
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
xxii, 256 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents:
Prologue: between roses -- Annawadi -- Asha -- Sunil -- Manju -- Ghost house -- The hole she called a window -- The come-apart -- The master -- Marquee effect -- Parrots, caught and sold -- Proper sleep -- Nine nights of dance -- Something shining -- The trial -- Ice -- Black and white -- A school, a hospital, a cricket field.
Awards:
Winner of the National Book Award for Non-Fiction, 2012.
Genre:
Creative nonfiction.
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