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Drawing on his own experience as an indianborn teenager growing up in new york city and on years of reporting around the world, mehta subjects the worldwide antiimmigrant backlash to withering scrutiny. A native of bombay, suketu mehta gives us an insiders view of this s. Candid, impassioned, funny, and heartrending, maximum city is a revelation of an ancient and everchanging world. Pdf the mortal instruments, the complete collection.