A Suitable Boy is a journey, and you make friends as you go along. Even after you’ve finished with the book, the characters and their names linger. Vikram Seth is an artist, perhaps who doesn’t know when to stop, who creates life size characters and puppet them around beautifully, almost charmingly. There are no protagonists.
Everyone is lovable and hogs the limelight - from lovable Maan to confused Lata to clever Amit to lovestruck Kabir to unbelieveable Mrs Rupa Mehra