{"product_id":"a-suitable-boy-vikram-seth-9780060786526","title":"A Suitable Boy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Surrender to this strange, beguiling world and be swept away on the wings of story. . . . It is difficult to imagine that many contemporary writers could give us a novel that provides so much deep satisfaction.\" --Jonathan Yardley, \u003cem\u003eWashington Post Book World\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA sweeping panoramic portrait of a complex, multiethnic society in flux, \u003cem\u003eA Suitable Boy\u003c\/em\u003e tells the story of ordinary people caught up in a web of love, ambition, humor, sadness, prejudice, reconciliation, the most delicate social etiquette, and the most appalling violence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVikram Seth's novel is, at its core, a love story: the tale of Lata's--and her mother, Mrs. Rupa Mehra'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, this compelling story takes us into the richly imagined world of four large extended families and spins a compulsively readable tale of their lives and loves. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Vikram Seth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0060786523\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780060786526\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/04\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 1488\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.94h x 5.42w x 2.45d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/05\/2013 pg. 98\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/22\/2014 pg. 113","brand":"Vikram Seth","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44052148388095,"sku":"9780060786526","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9a63e1e5-3be5-4564-bfcc-0ae11bf7ffb8.jpg?v=1685017216","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-suitable-boy-vikram-seth-9780060786526","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}