{"product_id":"maximum-city-bombay-lost-and-found-9780375703409","title":"Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found","description":"\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50460159344914,"sku":"9780375703409","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6ddb5646-8bf5-480c-a455-a12a40ccd97c.jpg?v=1730031330","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/maximum-city-bombay-lost-and-found-9780375703409","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}