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we routinely fail to foresee hugely significant events

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The powerful and moving story of growing up during the American Depression

A Suitable Boy Condition:Very Good ’ and ‘Confuse Desire andVikram Seth's novel is at its core a love story, the tale of Lata and her mother's attempts to find her a suitable husband, through love or through exacting maternal appraisal. Set in post Independence India and involving the lives of four large families and those who orbit them, it is also a vast panoramic exploration of a whole continent at a crucial hour as a sixth of the world's population faces its first great General Election and the chance to