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Who uses, recommends or left Behind the Beautiful Forevers, in their own words: each a verbatim quote with a link to where it was said.
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And, um, Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Buu, another one of the the greatest in that in that field,
Answering The Ezra Klein Show's closing question, three books to recommend, in “The Infrastructure of Jeffrey Epstein’s Power” (https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-anand-giridharadas.html). Quoted from the episode's YouTube auto-captions.
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And then finally a book called Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Buu. uh she spent years in uh in Anawadi. It's an informal urban settlement sometimes known as a slum near the Mumbai airport and it just paints a very vivid picture of what life is like in poverty. I
Answering The Ezra Klein Show's closing question, three books to recommend, in “The Simplest Way to Save Lives With Your Money” (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-elie-hassenfeld.html). Quoted from the episode's YouTube auto-captions.
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