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  1. A Suitable Boy is a novel by Vikram Seth, published in 1993. With 1,349 pages (1,488 pages in paperback), the English-language book is one of the longest novels published in a single volume. [1] [2] [3] A Suitable Boy is set in a newly post-independence, post-partition India.

  2. May 1, 1993 · A Suitable Boy is a behemoth book of approximately 1,500 pages by Vikram Seth which is allegedly about a young woman named Lata who is trying to find a suitable boy to marry. The book centers on four different families as well as various political and social movements in India in the 1950’s.

  3. A Suitable Boy: A Novel Paperback – 4 October 2005. by Vikram Seth (Author) 4.4 4,143 ratings. See all formats and editions. EMI starts at ₹96. No Cost EMI available EMI options. Save Extra with 3 offers. No Cost EMI: Avail No Cost EMI on select cards for orders above ₹3000 Details.

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  4. Vikram Seth's novel is, at its core, a love story: the tale of Lata's - and her mother’s - attempts to find a suitable boy for Lata, through love or through exacting maternal appraisal. Set in the early 1950s in an India newly independent and struggling through a time of crisis, A Suitable Boy takes us into the world of four large extended ...

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  5. May 1, 1993 · Set in the early 1950s in an India newly independent and struggling through a time of crisis, A Suitable Boy takes us into the richly imagined world of four large extended families and spins a compulsively readable tale of their lives and loves.

  6. Jul 24, 2020 · Vikram Seth's novel A Suitable Boy, a panorama of post-independence, post-separation India comes to the BBC, in an adaptation scripted by Andrew Davies. Vikram explains the story's origin,...

  7. Modernity confronts tradition in post-Partition India as a young student resists an arranged marriage and a politician’s son has a transgressive affair. Watch trailers & learn more.