A Suitable Boy, Vikram Seth, Phoenix House, 1993, First Edition, First Impression, First State Included by BBC News on its list of the 100 Most Inspiring Novels and adapted for TV in 2020, this story is set in a newly post-independence, post-partition India and follows four families over eighteen months and revolves around Mrs. Rupa Mehra's efforts to arrange the marriage of her younger daughter Late to a "suitable boy". The novel was snubbed by Booker and has subsequently been hailed as the greatest Indian Novel. This is a First Edition, First Impression, First State with olive green end papers. The book is in near fine condition. The binding is straight and tight, the boards clean and the lettering on the spine bright.There is a small crease mark to the top corner of the front board and a mark to the bottom edge of the front board, the spine and the back board. The end papers and pages are free from marks, tears and inscriptions. The unclipped dust jacket, protected in a clear, removable cover is in very good condition with a small indentation to the top corner of the front cover, crease marks to the bottom edge of the front board, crease marks to the top and bottom edges of the spine and nibbling to the top and bottom edge of the back cover. Will be dispatched carefully wrapped in bubblewrap and a cardboard box.