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A review by karinlib
A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth
4.0
This book was very good. I keep comparing it to War and Peace (which is about 100 pages shorter than A Suitable Boy). War and Peace was a great story; A Suitable Boy was good, but had several spots that downright dragged.
A Suitable Boy took place during one year in the life of a fairly new, independent India. At the core it is the story of a widow and her family trying to find A Suitable Boy for the youngest daughter, but the outer layers of this story included so much more. Politics, religion, family duty, city life, rural life and caste all crowded into this tale.
Bottom line, I'm glad I read this book.
A Suitable Boy took place during one year in the life of a fairly new, independent India. At the core it is the story of a widow and her family trying to find A Suitable Boy for the youngest daughter, but the outer layers of this story included so much more. Politics, religion, family duty, city life, rural life and caste all crowded into this tale.
Bottom line, I'm glad I read this book.