On a frontier overrun by men who'd kill you as soon as look at you, Ben Moon was a legend. One of the most feared gunfighters who ever drew breath, he'd faced down his most deadly enemies without flinching... But the west had changed. And so had Ben Moon. Too many years of drinking and shooting and...
A Suitable Boy 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. The story unfolds through four middle class families - the Mehras, Kappoors, Khans and Chatterjis. Lata Mehra, a university student, is under pressure from...