MUMBAI: Acclaimed writer Vikram Seth has been asked to return a $1.7m advance he was paid by his publisher to write a sequel to his 1993 classic A Suitable Boy, a report said yesterday.
The Mumbai Mirror, quoting Seth’s agent, said the writer was negotiating with publisher Hamish Hamilton following delays in producing the manuscript of
A Suitable Girl.
“It would be unfair to say the deal has been called off,” the agent, David Godwin, was quoted as saying.
“Vikram has been known to take his time with his books. Our aim is to settle this new date with Hamish,” he said ahead of talks in London. A Suitable Boy is considered a contemporary classic. It follows the life of Lata and her hunt for a husband in post-independence India over more than 1,300 pages. AFP
