I read this for my Global Literature in Canada course at uni. After reading Lives of the Saints for the same class, this feels like a relief.
Mistry weaves together short stories following the lives of people who live in Firozsha Baag, an apartment complex in Bombay. It's full of lower to middle class residents, each trying to get by with what they have. I really enjoyed that whoever put this together, took the time to make it chronological so that if we met a character as a child near the beginning, they were an adult by the end.
I liked the writing a lot, too. So, 4/5 stars!