In July this year Sir Tom Stoppard celebrates his 75th birthday. One of the world's most loved playwrights, Stoppard has also written for TV, radio and film, and is winner of one Academy Award and four Tony Awards. To mark his birthday, the British Library is publishing the original BBC broadcasts of four of his...
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...