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{{Infobox book | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Novels or Wikipedia:WikiProject_Books --><br />
| name = Maximum City - Bombay Lost and Found <br />
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| translator = <br />
| image = Maximum city.png<br />
| caption = <br />
| author = [[Suketu Mehta]]<br />
| cover_artist = <br />
| country = India, worldwide<br />
| language = English<br />
| series = <br />
| genre = [[narrative nonfiction]]<br />
| publisher = [[Penguin Books|Penguin]]<br />
| release_date = 2004<br />
| media_type = Print ([[Paperback]] and [[Hardback]])<br />
| pages = 584 pp (paperback first edition)<br />
| isbn = 978-0-14-400159-0<br />
| isbn_note = (first edition, paperback)<br />
}}<br />
'''''Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found''''' is a [[narrative nonfiction]] book by [[Suketu Mehta]], published in 2004, about the Indian city of [[Mumbai]] (also known as Bombay). It was published in hardcover by [[Random House]]'s [[Alfred A. Knopf]] imprint. When released in paperback, it was published by [[Vintage]], a subdivision of Random House.<br />
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== Awards ==<br />
''Maximum City'' was a finalist for the [[Pulitzer Prize]] in 2005, and won the [[Kiriyama Prize]], an award given to books that foster a greater understanding of the nations and peoples of the Pacific Rim and South Asia. It won the 2005 [[Vodafone Crossword Book Award]]. ''[[The Economist]]'' named ''Maximum City'' one of its books of the year for 2004. It was shortlisted for the 2005 [[Samuel Johnson Prize]].<br />
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==Adaptation==<br />
On August 2019, it was reported that [[Anurag Kashyap]] will be the showrunner of franchise films based on the book. It will be produced by [[Ashok Amritraj]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/08/hyde-park-entertainment-asia-launches-with-multicultural-film-tv-slate-1202701630/|title=Hyde Park Entertainment Asia Launches With Multicultural Film & TV Slate|last=D'Alessandro|first=Anthony|website=Deadline|date=22 August 2019|accessdate=23 August 2019}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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*[http://www.suketumehta.com Suketu Mehta's official website]<br />
*[http://www.randomhouse.com/knopf/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=0375403728 Publisher [[Random House]] website]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070207121612/http://www.suketumehta.com/wsje.html Interview with the ''Wall Street Journal'']<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20061209131358/http://www.lettre-ulysses-award.org/authors05/mehta.html Lettre Ulysses Award Biography Page on Suketu Mehta]<br />
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[[Category:2004 non-fiction books]]<br />
[[Category:Books about India]]<br />
[[Category:Novels set in Mumbai]]<br />
[[Category:Indian biographies]]<br />
[[Category:Mumbai in fiction]]<br />
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