The Golden Gate

Description:

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: Fiction,  City and town life in fiction,  Yuppies,  City and town life,  Yuppies in fiction,  Bisexuals,  Interpersonal relations,  Poetry (poetic works by one author),  San francisco (calif.), fiction,  American poetry

People: Elizabeth Dorati,  Philip Weiss

Places: San Francisco,  Palo Alto

Times: 1980