Vikram Seth Q and A

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There's been lots of buzz about Vikram Seth planning a sequel to his bestselling A Suitable Boy, to be titled A Suitable Girl. In The Telegraph (Calcutta) Sreyashi Dastidar has a Q&A with the author -- and it seems a bit early to get all too excited about all this:

So how is A Suitable Girl coming along? How many pages old is she?

To be honest, not much has been written, other than a few doodles here and there. It's mainly inside my head at the moment.

Also of interest:

I prefer to call A Suitable Girl a "jump sequel" -- it will travel 60 years and two generations ahead of A Suitable Boy. But, of course, the novel will move back and forth in time a great deal, so you will get a glimpse of the intervening years as well.

I rather enjoyed A Suitable Boy and look forward to the sequel -- though I do have my concerns after the very flat An Equal Music.

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