Title: The Golden Gate
First published: 1986
Description: One of the most highly regarded novels of 1986, Vikram Seth's story in verse made him a literary household name in both the United States and India.

John Brown, a successful yuppie living in 1980s San Francisco meets a romantic interest in Liz, after placing a personal ad in the newspaper. From this interaction, John meets a variety of characters, each with their own values and ideas of "self-actualization." However, Liz begins to fall in love with John's best friend, and John realizes his journey of self-discovery has only just begun.
Subjects: Fiction, City and town life in fiction, Yuppies, City and town life, Yuppies in fiction, Bisexuals, Interpersonal relations, Poetry (poetic works by one author), San francisco (calif.), fiction, American poetry
Places: San Francisco, Palo Alto
People: Elizabeth Dorati, Philip Weiss
Time periods: 1980