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A Suitable Boy: THE CLASSIC BESTSELLER AND MAJOR BBC DRAMA

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER AND MODERN CLASSIC: NOW A MAJOR TV SERIES `A phenomenon, a prodigy, a marvel` Evening Standard ONE OF THE BBC`S 100 NOVELS THAT SHAPED OUR WORLD 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, A Suitable Boy 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.`Seth is the best writer of his generation` The Times`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 India` Sunday Telegraph `The greatness of the novel, its unassailable truthfulness, owes less to research than to imagination, an instinctive knowledge of the human heart` Observer`You should make time for it. It will keep you company for the rest of your life` The Times