A Suitable Boy

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<b>THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER AND MODERN CLASSIC: NOW A MAJOR TV SERIES</b> <b>'A phenomenon, a prodigy, a marvel'</b> <i>Evening Standard </i> <b>ONE OF THE BBC'S 100 NOVELS THAT SHAPED OUR WORLD</b> A modern classic, this epic tale of families, romance and political intrigue, set in India, never loses its power to delight and enchant readers. At its core, <i>A Suitable Boy</i> is 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. At the same time, it is the story of India, newly independent and struggling through a time of crisis as a sixth of the world's population faces its first great general election and the chance to map its own destiny. <b>'Seth is the best writer of his generation'</b> <i>The Times</i> <b>'Fiction on a grand scale. By the time you reach the last page you will have absorbed a splendid story, full of the tangle and perfume of In</b>