description: Newly independent India struggles through the early 1950s. A widowed mother looks to her daughter's future.
language: English
title: A Suitable Boy
titlecomplete: A Suitable Boy
characters: Savita Mehra, Lata Mehra, Arun Mehra, Meenakshi Mehra (née Chatterji), Pran Kapoor, Maan Kapoor, Amit Chatterji, Varun Mehra, Rupa Mehra
genres: Fiction, Historical, Indian Literature, Asia, India, Romance, Literature, Classics, Novels, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 47456
places: Delhi, India, Kanpur, Brahmapur, Calcutta
series: A Bridge of Leaves
awards: awardedAt: 757411200000
name: WH Smith Literary Award, awardedAt: 757411200000
name: Commonwealth Writers' Prize
category: Best Book Overall
publisher: Harpercollins Pub Ltd