I read this book over a couple of months, then finally finished it - not because I didn't like it, but I was reading a couple of others at the same time.
This is non-fiction, but the author spent so much time "Behind the Beautiful Forevers" ( a slum are behind the Beautiful Forevers Airport in Mumbai) that it reads like a novel - one of the most effective approaches I've seen to non-fiction investigative reporting that I've read in a long time.
What a life these people lead. There are no rescues, like those in "Slumdog Millionaire" - it's just everyday garbage picking as a slum industry, living packed in like sardines, with scary descriptions of brushes with the law, being kicked or beaten at will..... sometimes hard to read, but very well-done.
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