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A Suitable Boy

Vikram Seth · Literary Fiction

39 Pulse Score

Based on recommendations from independent creators

historical fictioncoming of agelove triangle
historical fictioncoming of age
🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit

#322 All Time

About this book

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.

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