BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World' list includes books by these 5 Indian authors...
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A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth: Published in 1997 by the award winning writer, A Suitable Boy is one of the longest books written in a single volume. Now being adapted as a movie by Mira Nair, the 1,349 pages book is set in the backdrop of independent India and tells the stories of four families showing the culture and problems of a young and free India. (Photo | Amazon Books)A House for Mr. Biswas by VS Naipaul: The fourth novel written by Nobel Laureate VS Naipul, takes the reader through Trinidad and Tobago, telling the story of a titular man named Mr. Biswas who longs for his own house after being shunned by a caste driven society multiple times. (Photo | Amazon Books)Swami and Friends by RK Narayan: This coming of age novel published in 1935 brought international fame to the author. You are bound to feel nostalgic while reading about the adventures of Swami and his friends, Mani and Rajam, in pre-Independence south India. (Photo | Amazon Books)The Moor’s Last Sigh by Salman Rushdie: Written by controversial author Rushdie and published in 1995, the book is set in the backdrop of Bombay and Cochin shedding light on the crime lords and spice markets of these cities. The book was briefly banned by Shiv Sena after they alleged that one of the characters was based on the party's founding father Bal Thackeray. (Photo | Amazon Books)
