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A Suitable Boy by Seth, Vikram, 1952- is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is A Suitable Boy about?
The thought of embarking on reading a novel of almost 1500 pages may put you off, but if so it would be a pity. Vikram Seth's book is a delight, at once touching, humorous, and widely panoramic. It is really several novels in one. In one way it is the story of the search for a suitable husband for Lata, conducted in semi-concert by Lata herself and her mother, who are a generation apart in their ideas about arranged marriages yet come eventually to agree. But this narrative recedes into the background for long stretches, as we follow the fortunes of various members of three families, including Lata's own, in the years immediately after the partition of India. Two of the families are Hindu, one is Muslim, and the three are linked to one another by marriage or friendship. There are the Kapoors, whose most prominent member, the charming if rather feckless Maan Kapoor, falls deeply in love with a Muslim singer and courtesan. There are the Khans, who are Muslim, and whose son Firoz is a close friend of Maan's, a friendship which eventually results in near-tragedy. And there are the Chatterjis, a family of brilliant and highly Anglicised young men and womem: Amit, the poet and novelist,
Who reads A Suitable Boy?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Seth, Vikram, 1952-
- Publisher
- Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
- Published
- 1994
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781857990881
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, History
- Rating
- 4.1 / 5 (381 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14