A Suitable Boy is Vikram Seth\'s epic love story set in India. 2018 will be the 25th anniversary of the first publication of this classic story..
Recorded on location in India, A Suitable Boy is made by the production team behind the award-winning Bleak House and The Handmaid\'s Tale.
In his sweeping epic, Vikram Seth has created an entire world filled with warmth, humour, pathos, tragedy - in short, life.
It is a celebration of ordinariness; a beautifully composed story that is an affirmation of family and friendship.
The characters struggle, they try to buck the system, to break free of restraint, of interference - but ultimately their strength and sense of being comes from their family and friends.
There are standards to be met and finding a husband for Lata becomes a family affair in which all the members are to play a part.
But not to just anyone she happens to fall in love with.
Lata Mehra, a university student, is under pressure from her mother to get married.
The story unfolds through four middle class families - the Mehras, Kappoors, Khans and Chatterjis.
Funny and tragic, with engaging, brilliantly observed characters, it is as close as you can get to Dickens for the twentieth century.
A Suitable Boy is Vikram Seth\'s epic love story set in India
