A Suitable Boy

Author(s): Vikram Seth

Fiction

A modern classic, this epic tale of families, romance and political intrigue never loses its power to delight and enchant readers.
Vikram Seth's novel is, at its core, a love story: the tale of Lata - and her mother's - attempts to find her a suitable husband, through love or through exacting maternal appraisal. At the same time, it is the story of India, newly independent and struggling through a time of crisis as a sixth of the world's population faces its first great general election and the chance to map its own destiny.
'A Suitable Boy may prove to be the most fecund as well as the most prodigious work of the latter half of this century - perhaps even the book to restore the serious reading public's faith in the contemporary novel ... You should make time for it. It will keep you company for the rest of your life' Daniel Johnson, The Times


Product Information

The 20th-anniversary edition of the bestselling novel by Vikram Seth.

Vikram Seth was born in 1952. He trained as an economist and has lived for several years each in England, California, China and India. He is the author of A SUITABLE BOY, which was an international number-one bestseller, AN EQUAL MUSIC and several other novels. He has also written five volumes of poetry, including BEASTLY TALES.

General Fields

  • : 9781780227894
  • : Orion Publishing Group, Limited
  • : Phoenix
  • : 0.888
  • : November 2013
  • : 198mm X 129mm
  • : November 2013
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Vikram Seth
  • : Paperback
  • : en
  • : 823.9/14
  • : very good
  • : 1535
  • : FA