Boo, Katherine.

Behind the beautiful forevers : life, death, and hope in a Mumbai undercity Katherine Boo. - 1st ed. - New York : Random House, c2012. - xxii, 256 p. ; 25 cm.

Subtitle from cover.

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 -- A little wildness. Marquee effect -- Parrots, caught and sold -- Proper sleep -- Up and out. Nine nights of dance -- Something shining ̀-- The trial -- Ice -- Black and white -- A school, a hospital, a cricket field.

9781400067558 (alk. paper) 1400067553 (alk. paper)

2011019555


Urban poor--India--Bombay.


Bombay (India)--Economic conditions--21st century.

HV4140.M86 / B66 2011

305.5/690954792