A Suitable Boy
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A Suitable Boy
| Author | Vikram Seth |
|---|---|
| Published | 1993 |
| Pages | 1,408 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Vikram Seth’s 1,400-page novel of four families in newly independent India around the first general election of 1951–52 — land reform, Hindu-Muslim politics, the shoe trade and a mother’s search for a husband for her daughter, all in one frame. One of the few novels that shows a whole society changing its rules at once. |
Where I heard about it
- A crowd-sourced X thread — in the replies to @moseskagan asking “What historical fiction should I read next? (Bonus points for something involving building or trade, rather than violence)” (the thread, April 2025); the full list is on What historical fiction should I… (tweet).
Connections
- What historical fiction should I… (tweet) — the thread this came out of; the full recovered list lives there.
- People Over Politics — the portfolio idea this sits closest to.
- Historical Fiction — the genre the thread was asking about.
What links here
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