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In her first book, Katherine Boo tells an engrossing non-fiction account of life in the slums of Mumbai. Following three people as they try to make it to the middle class, Boo spent three-and-a-half years with them to tell her story. 

Boo is a staff writer for The New Yorker and a Pulitzer Prize winner for her work at The Washington Post.

Boo spoke with Kerri Miller on The Daily Circuit March 1.

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In her first book, Katherine Boo tells an engrossing non-fiction account of life in the slums of Mumbai. Following three people as they try to make it to the middle class, Boo spent three-and-a-half years with them to tell her story.

Katherine Boo on 'Behind the Beautiful Forevers'

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