Behind the Beautiful Forevers
Katherine Boo • 2012
Devastation Rating
India poverty Mumbai corruption
Our Take
Boo spent three years in Annawadi, a slum in the shadow of the Mumbai airport, following families whose lives are determined by proximity to wealth they cannot access. The corruption is total and granular. Asha's pragmatic ascent is the most honest characterization of survival capitalism.
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