Steve Inskeep, a reporter for US National Public Radio, went to Karachi to report on the familiar story of violence in that multi-ethnic cauldron, and became fascinated with the city. He seems to have intended the book as a reflection on an 'instant city', which he defines as 'a metropolis that has grown so rapidly that a returning visitor from a few decades ago would scarcely recognize it' (p. 2).
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