Suitable boy : a novel
Vikram Seth.
- Delhi : Aleph Book Company, 2014.
- 1535 p.
Table of contents: Chapter 1. Browsing through books, two students meet one day. A mother mopes; a medal melts away. Chapter 2. A Courtesan sings coolly through the heat. A hopeful lover buys a parakeet. Chapter 3. A couple glide downriver in a boat. A mother hears that mischief is afloat. Chapter 4. Two men discuss the Brahmpur leather trade. A pair of brogues (maroon) is planned and made. Chapter 5. Blood soaks a lane, and bullets ricochet. A legislative vixen baits her prey. Chapter 6. A baby kicks; a bloodshot Raja yowls. A young man speeds downhill; a father growls. Chapter 7. Calcutta simmers in a stew of talk. A cemetery affords a pleasing walk. Chapter 8. Beneath the neem the village children play. Worn cattle churn the burning earth to clay. Chapter 9. A desperate mother ventures to deploy. Fair means or foul to net a suitable boy. Chapter 10. A wolf-hunt is arranged; at Baitar Fort. A cheated marksman looks for further sport. Chapter 11. Old Landlords sue the state to keep their Lands Crushed Corpses rot upon the holy Sands Chapter 12. A Kiss brings fury, Twelfth Night Sparks a snub, And even bridge Stokes Tumult at the Club Chapter 13. A Child is born: wise women come to look. A Cobbler Writes, A Poet Mails his book Chapter 14. The Prime Minister fights, and keeps his head. Sad sons assuage the spirits of their dead Chapter 15. The Flames of Karbala and Lanka blaze igniting madness through the city's Maze Chapter 16. Calcutta Christmas lights festoon Park Street: And at a Cricket Match three suitors meet Chapter 17. Someone is stabbed in Brahmpur, Someone dies while private Shame is viewed by public eyes Chapter 18. One Person , Five and Forty Thousand choose; some win some draw, and -as must be- some lose. Chapter 19. The curtain falls: the players take their bow And wander off the stage- at least for now.