Suitable Boy, A: Volume 1 (1994 Commonwealth Writers'Prize)

Description: THIS IS THE STORY OF A GIRL'S SEARCH FOR THE MAN SHE WILL MARRY.SHE MUST CHOOSE FROM 3 SUITORS EITHER BY LOVE OR MATERNAL PERSUASION.THIS CORE IS WOVEN INTO A RICH TAPESTRY OF FAMILY INFLUENCES Prizes: Winner of Commonwealth Writers Prize 1994. Winner of WH Smith Literary Prize 1994. Winner of W H Smith Annual Literary Award 1994. Runner-up for The BBC Big Read Top 100 2003. Author Biography: Vikram Seth was born in 1952. He trained as an economist and has lived for several years each in England, California, China and India. He is the author of A Suitable Boy, which was an international number one bestseller, An Equal Music and several other novels. He has also written five volumes of poetry including Beastly Tales.