num_pages: 1474
description: With more than 60,000 hardcover copies sold, this ecstatically acclaimed bestseller is an epic novel destined to become a literary classic. Seth offers a rich and spellbinding story of four extended families in postcolonial India in the 1950s. Lavishly detailed . . . Lovingly recounted. . . .--New York Times Book Review.
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: HarperPerennial