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A Suitable BoyVikram Seth
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A Suitable Boy

1408 pagesFirst published 199317 editions
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The tale of Lata's and her mother's attempts to find a suitable boy, through love or through maternal appraisal. Set in post-independence India and involving the lives of four families, it is also an explanation of a whole continent faced with its first great General Election.

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Editions

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FormatPublisherYearPagesISBN
EditionHarper Perennial Modern Classics200514749780060786526
AudiobookBBC Audiobooks America2003—9780563496656
AudiobookBBC Audiobooks America2003—9780563496663
AudiobookHarperCollins2000—9780007105670
PaperbackPhoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )19956219781857993585
PaperbackPhoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )19955929781857993592
PaperbackPhoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )19957049781857993578
EditionPhoenix199414749781857990881
AudiobookArgo1994—9781858498164
EditionPenguin India1994—9780140230338
PaperbackWeidenfeld & Nicolson199414089781897580851
EditionHarperPerennial199414749780060925000
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FictionIndia in fictionHistoryIndian literature1947-RomansIndia, fictionFiction, romance, general