The Golden Gate

About this book

One of the most highly regarded novels of 1986, Vikram Seth's story in verse made him a literary household name in both the United States and India.

John Brown, a successful yuppie living in 1980s San Francisco meets a romantic interest in Liz, after placing a personal ad in the newspaper. From this interaction, John meets a variety of characters, each with their own values and ideas of "self-actualization." However, Liz begins to fall in love with John's best friend, and John realizes his journey of self-discovery has only just begun.

Subjects

• american poetry
• bisexuals
• city and town life
• city and town life in fiction
• fiction
• interpersonal relations
• poetry (poetic works by one author)
• san francisco (calif.), fiction
• yuppies
• yuppies in fiction