A Suitable Boy

At its core, A Suitable Boy is a love story: the tale of Lata - and her mothers - 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 worlds population faces its first great general election and the chance to map its own destiny.

Fiction on a grand scale. By the time you reach the last page you will have absorbed a splendid story, full of tangle and perfume of IndiaSunday Telegraph

The greatness of the novel, its unassailable truthfulness, owes less to research than to imagination, an instinctive knowledge of the human heartObserver

The longest book youve ever read. And its not long enough ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

One of the greatest novels ever written and one of the best books I have ever read ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

A book that has reduced me to quiet tears on trains and planes, that I have laughed at and that has been my companion for some months ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐