Book 39 A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth****

I enjoyed every word of this densely packed 1500 page book.   Serious, humorous, historical, suspenseful, fascinating, I cannot say enough about this book.   Each character has foibles and likeable in some way.   The descriptions of real catastrophes and political events are described in delightful detail, but one knows that a twist is coming, so you read so carefully, so as not to miss that one sentence or phrase.