An edition of A Suitable Boy (1993)

A suitable boy

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Vikram Seth, Vikram Seth
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An edition of A Suitable Boy (1993)

A suitable boy

  • 4.6 (13 ratings)
  • 239 Want to read
  • 19 Currently reading
  • 19 Have read

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.

Publish Date
Publisher
Phoenix House
Language
English
Pages
1349

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Cover of: A Suitable Boy
A Suitable Boy
October 2, 1995, Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Paperback - New Ed edition
Cover of: A Suitable Boy
A Suitable Boy
October 2, 1995, Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Paperback - New Ed edition
Cover of: A Suitable Boy
A Suitable Boy
October 2, 1995, Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Paperback - New Ed edition
Cover of: A Suitable Boy
A Suitable Boy
September 15, 1994, Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Paperback - New Ed edition
Cover of: A suitable boy
A suitable boy
1994, Penguin India
in English
Cover of: A Suitable Boy
A Suitable Boy: Novel, A
April 13, 1994, Harper Perennial
Paperback in English
Cover of: A suitable boy
A suitable boy
1994, Phoenix
in English
Cover of: A suitable boy
A suitable boy: a novel
1993, Little Brown & Co. (Canada)
in English
Cover of: A suitable boy
A suitable boy
1993, Phoenix
in English
Cover of: A suitable boy
A suitable boy
1993, Phoenix House
in English

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Edition Notes

Published in
London

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
330.943087/9
Library of Congress
PR9499.3.S38 S83 1993, PR9499.3.S38 S83 1993b

The Physical Object

Pagination
1349 p.
Number of pages
1349

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL21018004M
ISBN 10
1897580207
OCLC/WorldCat
28105402, 59994698
LibraryThing
7378
Goodreads
1083163

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL11930W

First Sentence

"'You too will marry a boy I choose,' said Mrs Rupa Mehra firmly to her younger daughter."

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