Delhi: Adventures in a Megacity

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Vintage, 2010 - City and town life - 304 pages
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'Delhi' is an extraordinary portrait of one of the world's largest cities. Sam Miller sets out to discover the real Delhi, a city he describes as being India's dreamtown and its purgatory. He treads the city streets, making his way through Delhi and its suburbs, visiting its less celebrated destinations.

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User Review  - toddtyrtle - LibraryThing

Very entertaining. I started reading it some time before my first trip to India then had to take it back to the library. Finished it after returning and really enjoyed the "visit back". Now I want to ... Read full review

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User Review  - danoomistmatiste - LibraryThing

A William Dalrympish attempt at Delhification or should I say become a Delhiphile. I am afraid to say he falls far short of expectations, for some reason fixated by the sordid underbelly of the city ... Read full review

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About the author (2010)

Sam Miller was born and brought up in London, but has spent much of his adult life in India. He is a former BBC journalist and is the author of Delhi- Adventures in a Megacity (2009), Blue Guide- India (2012) and A Strange Kind of Paradise- India Through Foreign Eyes (2014). He is also the translator of The Marvellous (But Authentic) Adventures of Captain Corcoran (2016) by Alfred Assollant.

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