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Suitable Boy

Average rating
4 out of 5
Based on 45,035 Ratings and 2,931 Reviews

Book Description
A Suitable Boy is Vikram Seth's epic love story set in India. Funny and tragic, with engaging, brilliantly observed characters, it is as close as you can get to Dickens for the twentieth century. The story unfolds through four middle class families - the Mehras, Kappoors, Khans and Chatterjis. Lata Mehra, a university student, is under pressure from her mother to get married. But not to just anyon... More
Book Information
PublisherBBC Audio - Children's
BindingAudio CD (38 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of PagesN/A
ISBN-100563494433
ISBN-13978-0563494430
Publication Date06/02/2003
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About Vikram Seth (Author) : Vikram Seth is a published author and a narrator of children's books. Some of the published credits of Vikram Seth include A Suitable Boy (Dramatised), Arion and the Dolphin.
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1/15/2008 becca thorne said: This is so long it seemed at first like Seth was trying to prove how great he was by how big a novel he could write, but actually its a great book and a wonderful story.
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