{"product_id":"a-suitable-boy-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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeth, Vikram:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eVikram Seth has written acclaimed books in several genres: verse novel, \u003cem\u003eThe Golden Gate\u003c\/em\u003e; travel book, \u003cem\u003eFrom Heaven Lake\u003c\/em\u003e; animal fables, \u003cem\u003eBeastly Tales\u003c\/em\u003e; epic fiction, \u003cem\u003eA Suitable Boy\u003c\/em\u003e. His most recent novel, \u003cem\u003eAn Equal Music\u003c\/em\u003e, was published in 1999. He lives in England and India.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50611205406994,"sku":"9780060786526","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_cff47848-e534-4e58-acd9-4accc1bcba57.jpg?v=1732359104","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-suitable-boy-9780060786526","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}