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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Katherine BooPublisher: Scribe Publications Imprint: Scribe Publications Dimensions: Width: 13.80cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 20.90cm Weight: 0.284kg ISBN: 9781921844638ISBN 10: 1921844639 Pages: 288 Publication Date: 22 February 2012 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsWithout question the best book yet written on contemporary India. Also, the best work of narrative nonfiction I've read in twenty-five years. - Ramachandra Guha, author of India After Gandhi. Author InformationKatherine Boo, a staff writer for The New Yorker, has spent the last 20 years reporting from within poor communities, considering how societies distribute opportunity and how individuals get out of poverty. She learned to report at The Washington City Paper. She was also an editor of the Washington Monthly and, for nearly a decade, a reporter and editor at The Washington Post. Behind the Beautiful Forevers, her first book, received the United States' National Book Award. Her magazine and newspaper work has been recognised with a MacArthur Fellowship, a National Magazine Award for Feature Writing, and the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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