2008-09-01 A Suitable Book

If ever a book could bring to life another culture in another time, this is it. Loosely based on the search for the eponymous suitable boy for Lata, the spirited daughter of Mrs Rupa Mehra, the joy of this book is its wonderful characters and locations and, most of all, a sense of life and living in post-partition India.

This is a book in which to luxuriate; to ease yourself into the lives of the characters with whom you will journey over the 1400 pages of exquisite prose. The only reason to put this book down is to give your arms a rest!

I would unreservedly recommend this as my favourite book of the 2nd half of the 20th century. A book for lazy afternoons and long summer evenings. Spellbinding.