Behind the Beautiful Forevers
Type: Book
As of November 2026, Behind the Beautiful Forevers has been mentioned in one podcast episode on The Ezra Klein Show (Dec 2025).
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity is a 2012 non-fiction book by Katherine Boo. The book chronicles the lives of residents in Annawadi, a slum near the Mumbai airport, offering an intimate portrait of poverty, inequality, and resilience in modern India. Drawing from three years of immersive reporting, Boo explores the impacts of globalization, corruption, and social dynamics through the stories of several families. Behind the Beautiful Forevers received wi
| Mentioned in | 1 episode on 1 podcast (as of November 2026) |
|---|---|
| First heard | Dec 2025 on The Ezra Klein Show |
| Author | Katherine Boo |
| Published | 2011 |
| Publisher | Portobello Books Ltd (7 Jun 2012) |
| Subjects | Urban poor, New York Times bestseller, Creative nonfiction |
| ISBN | 9780679645504 |
| Genre | Urban poor, New York Times bestseller, Creative nonfiction |
Who talks about Behind the Beautiful Forevers on podcasts?
Behind the Beautiful Forevers came up; the most recent mention was Dec 2025 on The Ezra Klein Show.
What is Behind the Beautiful Forevers mentioned alongside?
Behind the Beautiful Forevers is most often mentioned alongside Randomized controlled trial (RCT), United States (US) and supermobile.com.
Mentioned together: Randomized controlled trial (RCT), United States (US), supermobile.com, T-Mobile, givewell.org, UCLA Speed Test, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Doctors Without Borders, New York Times Opinion, Nick Kristof