num_pages: 1474
description: 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. Set in post-Independence India and involving the lives of four large families and those who orbit them, it is also a vast panoramic exploration of a whole continent at a crucial hour as a sixth of the world's population faces its first great General Election and the chance to map its own destiny.
language: English
title: A Suitable Boy
titlecomplete: A Suitable Boy
characters: Maan Kapoor, Meenakshi Mehra (née Chatterji), Pran Kapoor, Arun Mehra, Lata Mehra, Rupa Mehra, Varun Mehra, Amit Chatterji, Savita Mehra
genres: Classics, Historical, Indian Literature, India, Asia, Novels, Romance, Historical Fiction, Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 47454
places: Delhi, India, Kanpur, Calcutta, Brahmapur
series: A Bridge of Leaves
awards: awardedAt: 757411200000
name: WH Smith Literary Award, awardedAt: 757411200000
name: Commonwealth Writers' Prize
category: Best Book Overall
publisher: Little, Brown and Company