{"product_id":"9781451610185","title":"Down and Delirious in Mexico City","description":"\u003cb\u003eMEXICO CITY, with some 20 million inhabitants, is the largest city in the Western Hemisphere.\u003c\/b\u003e Enormous growth, raging crime, and tumultuous politics have also made it one of the most feared and misunderstood. Yet in the past decade, the city has become a hot spot for international business, fashion, and art, and a magnet for thrill-seeking expats from around the world. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 2002, Daniel Hernandez traveled to Mexico City, searching for his cultural roots. He encountered a city both chaotic and intoxicating, both underdeveloped and hypermodern. In 2007, after quitting a job, he moved back. With vivid, intimate storytelling, Hernandez visits slums populated by ex-punks; glittering, drug-fueled fashion parties; and pseudo-native rituals catering to new-age Mexicans. He takes readers into the world of youth subcultures, in a city where punk and emo stand for a whole way of life—and sometimes lead to rumbles on the streets. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSurrounded by volcanoes, earthquake-prone, and shrouded in smog, the city that Hernandez lovingly chronicles is a place of astounding manifestations of danger, desire, humor, and beauty, a surreal landscape of “cosmic violence.” For those who care about one of the most electrifying cities on the planet, “\u003ci\u003eDown \u0026amp; Delirious in Mexico City \u003c\/i\u003eis essential reading” (David Lida, author of \u003ci\u003eFirst Stop in the New World\u003c\/i\u003e).","brand":"Simon and Schuster","offers":[{"title":"eBook","offer_id":48640062783713,"sku":"9781451610185","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0672\/0956\/0289\/files\/9781451610185.jpg?v=1786570011","url":"https:\/\/simon-and-schuster-dev.myshopify.com\/products\/9781451610185","provider":"Simon and Schuster Dev","version":"1.0","type":"link"}