{"product_id":"9781785299605-suitable-boy-a-cd","title":"A Suitable Boy","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe award-winning BBC Radio 4 adaptation of Vikram Seth’s masterpiece`The drama highlight of the year…this sumptuous production, wonderfully atmospheric, written with pace and performed, by an all-Indian cast, quite superbly. Magnificent drama’ - Radio TimesA Suitable Boy is Vikram Seth's epic love story set in India.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe award-winning BBC Radio 4 adaptation of Vikram Seth’s masterpiece\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e‘The drama highlight of the year…this sumptuous production, wonderfully atmospheric, written with pace and performed, by an all-Indian cast, quite superbly. The novel may be vast but I was convinced by this version right from the start. Magnificent drama’ - \u003cb\u003eRadio Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Suitable Boy\u003c\/i\u003e is Vikram Seth's epic love story set in India. Funny and tragic, with engaging, brilliantly-observed characters, it is as close as you can get to Dickens for the twentieth century.   \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe story unfolds through four middle-class families - the Mehras, Kapoors, Khans and Chatterjis. Lata Mehra, a university student, is under pressure from her mother to get married. But not to just anyone she happens to fall in love with. 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. 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. It is a celebration of ordinariness; a beautifully composed story that is an affirmation of family and friendship. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn his sweeping epic, Vikram Seth has created an entire world filled with warmth, humour, pathos, tragedy - in short, life. Recorded on location in India, \u003ci\u003eA Suitable Boy \u003c\/i\u003eis made by the production team behind the award-winning \u003ci\u003eBleak House\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Handmaid's Tale\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the Irish Times International Fiction Prize, 1993.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Commonwealth Writers Prize, 1994.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the WH Smith Literary Award, 1994.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDramatised and directed by John Dryden. A Goldhawk Production.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuration: approx. 6 hours on 5 CDs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39799847977057,"sku":"9781785299605","price":16.67,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_32226259.jpg?v=1737102747","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781785299605-suitable-boy-a-cd","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}