Hundreds of miles from Colt and Snyder, a law-enforcement task force patrols the US-Mexico border, where illegal immigrants are at the mercy of ruthless coyotes. And in an elegant hacienda at an isolated ranch, Miguel Zamora is at the center of a powerful circle of corrupt Mexican officials ready to establish...
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...