What are the best books about life in slums you know?
I want to make a post apocalyptic comic and I am seeking for books that describe the life in slums as detailed as possible, especially how everyday life is going and what are social relations inside the slums.
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How the Other Half Lives, by Jacob Riis, is a classic, as is Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle
A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
Nelson Algren, “The Man With the Golden Arm”
Edward Anderson, “Hungry Men”
Claude Brown, “Manchild in the Promised Land”
Louis-Ferdinand Céline, “Journey to the End of the
Night”
Dambudzo Marechera, “The House of Hunger”
Fiston Mwanza Mujila, “Tram 83”
Richard Price, “Lush Life”
Derek Raymond, “He Died With His Eyes Open”
John Rechy, “City of Night”
Sapphire, “Push”
Hubert Selby Jr, “Last Exit to Brooklyn”
Irvine Welsh, “Trainspotting”
David Simon – The Corner
***Behind the Beautiful Forevers*** by Katherine Boo
Latife Tekin, *Berji Kristin*.
People of the Abyss, Jack London
SHadow of the Workhouse, Jennifer Worth