Mehta, Suketu, — Maximum City: Bombay lost and found.

NY, Knopf, 2004. 1st ed. VG in VG DJ ex-library. Author is a native of Bombay and gives us a true insider's view including the criminal underworld of rival Muslim and Hindu. gangs who wrest control of the city's byzantine political and commercial systems, the life of a bar dancer, the fantastic hierarchial inner sanctum of Bollywood, plus the countless stories of those who come from the villages to search for a better life and end up living on the sidewalks. Library markings.