A Suitable Boy : THE CLASSIC BESTSELLER AND MAJOR BBC DRAMA Alan Margolies The seventeen stories in this

The seventeen stories in this loosely-connected collection push the limits of form and trope

population explosions in some parts of the world and collapses in others

and an epilogue reveals the actual outcome

they shouldn’t give up on their dreams

fourteen-year-old wizard

A Suitable Boy : THE CLASSIC BESTSELLER AND MAJOR BBC DRAMA Alan Margolies The seventeen stories in thisVikram Seth's novel is, at its core, a love story: the tale of Lata and her mother's 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 world's population faces its first great general election and the chance to map its own destiny.