The Golden Gate

"At once a bittersweet love story, a wickedly funny novel of manners and an unsentimental meditation on mortality and the nuclear abyss. Always witty--and still profound--the book paints a truthful picture of our dreadful, comic times." --Vanity Fair "A splendid achievement, equally convincing in its exhilaration and its sadness." --The New York Times "The great California novel has been written in verse (and why not?): The Golden Gate gives great joy." --Gore Vidal From the Trade Paperback edition.Vikram Seth is the author of 'The Golden Gate', published 1986 under ISBN 9780394549743 and ISBN 0394549740.