First Stop in the New World by David Lida
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I picked this book off the shelf because I was intrigued about Mexico City and know little about it. I found it charming and illimunating in it’s portrayal of the megalopolis, the author is a journalist who has lived in the city for fifteen years and knows all of it’s charms , problems and many eccentric and powerful residents. He introduces you to the artist Phil Kelly, Mexico’s wealthiest man Carlos Slim, a second generation Lebanese whose impact on Mexico is hard to imagine. Mr. Lida also takes the reader to the old colonial neigborhoods as well as the new upscale yuppie enclaves, the book doesn’t delve deep into the the City but gives you a great feel and taste of a fascinating Capital of the new Mexico.