false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170368733m/50365.jpg 50365 27 <p> Vikram Seth's novel is, at its core, a love story: Lata and her mother, Mrs. Rupa Mehra, are both trying to find -- through love or through exacting maternal appraisal -- a suitable boy for Lata to marry. Set in the early 1950s, in an India newly independent and struggling through a time of crisis, <i>A Suitable Boy</i> takes us into the richly imagined world of four large extended families and spins a compulsively readable tale of their lives and loves. A sweeping panoramic portrait of a complex, multiethnic society in flux, <i>A Suitable Boy</i> remains the story of ordinary people caught up in a web of love and ambition, humor and sadness, prejudice and reconciliation, the most delicate social etiquette and the most appalling violence. </p> 1651078 book 1993 A Suitable Boy: A Novel (Perennial Classics) total:2442|5:1070|4:834|3:382|2:113|1:43| 2442 10101 4315 400 50365 0060786523 9780060786526 2228 354 4.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170368733m/50365.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50365.A_Suitable_Boy_A_Novel 2 14 false Mon Oct 01 04:39:23 -0700 2007 Tue Apr 07 04:25:44 -0700 2009 more...]]> 50365 0060786523 9780060786526 2228 354 4.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170368733m/50365.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50365.A_Suitable_Boy_A_Novel 5 6 false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 11 16:25:33 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 11 16:25:33 -0700 2007 more...]]> 50365 0060786523 9780060786526 2228 354 4.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170368733m/50365.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50365.A_Suitable_Boy_A_Novel 5 4 true Sun Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Wed Mar 12 10:00:49 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 06 19:18:58 -0700 2008
I finally finished reading A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth. For some reason, I used to avoid picking it up and keep putting it off. I suppose it was mainly the size of the book (it’s one thick book - approximately 1500 pages!) but I also think it had to do with this miscon...more...]]> 50365 0060786523 9780060786526 2228 354 4.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170368733m/50365.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50365.A_Suitable_Boy_A_Novel 5 3 false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 1997 Sun Jun 10 10:32:58 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 18 23:40:05 -0700 2007 more...]]> 50365 0060786523 9780060786526 2228 354 4.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170368733m/50365.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50365.A_Suitable_Boy_A_Novel 5 2 false Wed Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed Sep 19 12:26:51 -0700 2007 Sun Dec 02 12:40:45 -0800 2007
This was one of those books where when I finished...more...]]> 50365 0060786523 9780060786526 2228 354 4.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170368733m/50365.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50365.A_Suitable_Boy_A_Novel 3 1 true Mon Mar 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jan 07 03:04:05 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 11 14:56:02 -0800 2008
1. It was too long. The stories could have been told in a more succinct way. This includes the politics. I found myself constantly re-reading those sections.
2. The author should have ...more...]]> 50365 0060786523 9780060786526 2228 354 4.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170368733m/50365.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50365.A_Suitable_Boy_A_Novel 4 1 false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Jun 14 13:40:41 -0700 2007 Thu Jun 14 14:03:34 -0700 2007 more...]]> 50365 0060786523 9780060786526 2228 354 4.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170368733m/50365.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50365.A_Suitable_Boy_A_Novel 5 1 false Tue Jul 01 09:23:56 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 01 09:27:54 -0700 2008 more...]]> 50365 0060786523 9780060786526 2228 354 4.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170368733m/50365.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50365.A_Suitable_Boy_A_Novel 5 0 false Wed May 01 00:00:00 -0700 1991 Thu Feb 26 04:20:14 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 26 04:31:35 -0800 2009 more...]]> 50365 0060786523 9780060786526 2228 354 4.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170368733m/50365.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50365.A_Suitable_Boy_A_Novel 4 0 false Sun Jan 18 06:19:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 08:28:23 -0800 2009 Because of my studies I was not able to read it within a short time (this is really possible, I am sure). This wonderful novel, the many interesting and authentic characters accompanied me through months. When I finally fini...more...]]> 904265 0060925000 9780060925000 34 13 4.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1191458747m/904265.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/904265.A_Suitable_Boy_A_Novel 4 2 false Sun Aug 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 08:53:05 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 08:59:02 -0700 2009 more...]]> 50365 0060786523 9780060786526 2228 354 4.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170368733m/50365.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50365.A_Suitable_Boy_A_Novel 3 0 false Fri Apr 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 07:49:57 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 07:50:51 -0700 2009 more...]]> 50365 0060786523 9780060786526 2228 354 4.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170368733m/50365.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50365.A_Suitable_Boy_A_Novel 4 0 false Mon Dec 15 18:34:53 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 16 05:44:53 -0800 2008 more...]]> 50365 0060786523 9780060786526 2228 354 4.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170368733m/50365.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50365.A_Suitable_Boy_A_Novel 3 1 false Sun Jun 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat May 31 07:55:41 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 30 06:21:38 -0700 2008 more...]]> 50365 0060786523 9780060786526 2228 354 4.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170368733m/50365.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50365.A_Suitable_Boy_A_Novel 5 1 false Sat Feb 10 00:00:00 -0800 1996 Tue Jan 06 16:37:22 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 06 16:51:16 -0800 2009 more...]]> 50365 0060786523 9780060786526 2228 354 4.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170368733m/50365.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50365.A_Suitable_Boy_A_Novel 4 0 true Sun Sep 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 00:46:31 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 20 03:01:36 -0700 2009
The novel starts rather weakly, with the first hundred pages full of cli...more...]]> 50365 0060786523 9780060786526 2228 354 4.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170368733m/50365.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50365.A_Suitable_Boy_A_Novel 5 1 false Sun May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Wed Nov 14 10:19:00 -0800 2007 Sat Mar 22 05:08:45 -0700 2008 50365 0060786523 9780060786526 2228 354 4.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170368733m/50365.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50365.A_Suitable_Boy_A_Novel 4 0 false Thu Jul 02 12:47:25 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 00:27:19 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 02 12:47:25 -0700 2009 more...]]> 50365 0060786523 9780060786526 2228 354 4.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170368733m/50365.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50365.A_Suitable_Boy_A_Novel 5 0 false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Apr 04 12:54:30 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 04 13:45:11 -0700 2009 more...]]> 50365 0060786523 9780060786526 2228 354 4.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170368733m/50365.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50365.A_Suitable_Boy_A_Novel 5 1 false Sun Oct 02 00:00:00 -0700 1994 Thu Sep 06 19:58:40 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 06 19:58:40 -0700 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=50365