A Suitable Boy：A Novel

VikramSeth'snovelis,atitscore,alovestory:Lataandhermother,Mrs.RupaMehra,arebothtryingtofind--throughloveorthroughexactingmaternalappraisal--asuitableboyforLatatomarry.Setintheearly1950s,inanIndianewlyindependentandstrugglingthroughatimeofcrisis,"ASuitableBoy"takesusintotherichlyimaginedworldoffourlargeextendedfamiliesandspinsacompulsivelyreadabletaleoftheirlivesandloves.Asweepingpanoramicportraitofacomplex,multiethnicsocietyinflux,"ASuitableBoy"remainsthestoryofordinarypeoplecaughtupinawebofloveandambition,humorandsadness,prejudiceandreconciliation,themostdelicatesocialetiquetteandthemostappallingviolence.