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'''''A Suitable Girl''''' is a forthcoming novel by [[Vikram Seth]], which is a sequel to his 1993 book ''[[A Suitable Boy]]''.<ref name="BBC">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/8131538.stm|title=Seth writing Suitable Boy sequel|date=2 July 2009|work=[[BBC News]]|accessdate=13 December 2009}}</ref><ref name="Flood">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/jul/03/vikram-seth-suitable-boy-sequel|title=Vikram Seth writes Suitable Boy sequel|last=Flood|first=Alison|date=3 July 2009|work=[[The Guardian]]|accessdate=13 December 2009}}</ref> Seth has said the book will be set in the present, rather than in 1952 when ''A Suitable Boy'' finished, and will therefore be what Seth calls a "jump sequel".<ref name="BBC"/><ref name="Flood"/><br />
After Seth missed a deadline to submit the manuscript to [[Penguin Group|Penguin Publisher]] in June 2013,<ref name="Guardian">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/jul/10/vikram-seth-a-suitable-girl-suitable-boy|title=Vikram Seth in trouble over uncompleted Suitable Boy sequel | authorlink = Claire Armitstead |last=Armitstead|first=Claire|date=10 July 2013 | work = [[The Guardian]] |accessdate=19 November 2013}}</ref> it was announced that the new novel would be published in autumn of 2016 by [[Orion Publishing Group|Orion Publishers]], which had published ''A Suitable Boy''.<ref name="Guardian2">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2013/sep/13/vikram-seth-suitable-boy-girl-publisher|title=Vikram Seth finds a suitable publisher|last=Burly|first=Liz|date=13 Sep 2013|work=The Guardian|accessdate=19 November 2013}}</ref> In May 2015, it was reported that Seth was hoping to finish writing the book in 2016, for publication in 2017. Seth explained that he had missed the Penguin deadline due to suffering from [[writer's block]] as a result of the failure of his relationship with [[Philippe Honoré (violinist)|Philippe Honoré]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.firstpost.com/living/vikram-seth-breakup-long-term-partner-delayed-sequel-suitable-boy-2224666.html|title=Vikram Seth: Breakup with long-term partner delayed sequel to 'A Suitable Boy'|work=First Post|date=3 May 2015|accessdate=23 January 2016}}</ref> As of 2020 the novel was still unfinished though Seth confirmed in a 2018 interview that he was still working on the book as well as more material in the ''[[A Suitable Boy]]'' universe to be collectively called ''A Bridge of Leaves''.<ref>{{cite web |title=‘Obsession kept me going’: Writer Vikram Seth on 25 years of A Suitable Boy |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/what-kept-me-going-was-obsession/story-y2rTlzLUZBUmIJX22CmxiP.html |accessdate=17 February 2020}}</ref><br />
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